Frontiers was an eight-part BBC television series, and accompanying book, that explored the boundaries between different countries in the world. Eight writers and journalists in a variety of countries investigated the economic, political, geographical and historical reasons that account for why people are divided. The series was produced in 1989 - just a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was featured in one episode. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including
- "Natural Break": Frederic Raphael explored the Pyrenees, the frontier between France and Spain, which at the time was preparing to join the (then) European Economic Community. Frederic Michael Raphael (born 1931 in Chicago is an American-born British-educated Screenwriter, and also a prolific Novelist and Journalist. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The European Community (EC is one of the Three pillars of the European Union (EU created under the Maastricht Treaty (1992
- "Gone Tomorrow": John Wells covered the Iron Curtain that split East and West Germans. John Wells may refer to John Wells (architect (Bank of Montréal John Wells (artist (1907–2000 Cornish The " Iron Curtain " was the symbolic ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end
- "Gold and the Gun": Nadine Gordimer visited the war-torn border area between Mozambique and her native South Africa. Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923 is a South African Writer, Political activist and Nobel laureate. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
- "Night and Day": Richard Rodriguez showed how the rich North and poor South converged at the US/Mexican border. Richard Rodriguez (born 1944) is a Mexican -American writer who became famous for his book Hunger of Memory The Education of Richard Rodriguez
- "Long Division": Ronald Eyre looked at the people living on both sides of the border in Ireland that splits the Republic from Ulster. Ronald Eyre ( 13 April 1929 &ndash 8 April 1992) was an English Theatre director, Actor and Writer Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Ulster ( Ulaidh ˈkwɪɟɪ ˈʌlˠu / ˈʌlˠi is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster
- "Big Brother's Bargain": Nigel Hamilton hiked up the boundary between Russia and Finland. Sir Nigel Hamilton, KCB is the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
- " ": Jon Swain visited the Thai/Cambodian border where thousands of Cambodian refugees had been stranded for over ten years. Jon (John Anketell Brewer Swain is an award-winning British journalist and writer who was portrayed by Julian Sands in the 1984 Oscar -winning The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race
- "Stranded in Time": Christopher Hitchens investigated the divided island of Cyprus. Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British Author, Journalist, Literary critic and American Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía
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