German

Hear the programme director's idea for the live show, a broadcast with everyone who taught Max German, and say you will invite them all.

Walk through the hall of the Rathaus Schoeneberg with the live director, hear who spoke there in 1963 and look at the stage you will stand on.

Go through the running order of the live show with the live director, minute by minute, and hear when the broadcast goes over to Milwaukee.

Invite Frau Weber onto the stage of the live show with wuerden Sie, hear her fear that she won't get a word out, and win her over for ten minutes.

Ask Herr Krause onto the live show, hear his ich und Radio, and take his yes with one condition: only if he doesn't have to say anything.

Ask Lukas and Nina onto the live show, hear their wir sind dabei and their question, was sollen wir sagen, and give the only answer: the truth.

Run the dress rehearsal on the stage of the town hall with the live director: too quiet, closer to the microphone, slower, and once more from the top.

Sit on the steps of the town hall with Nina the evening before the show, admit you are nervous and hear why this time is different.

Meet Frau Weber in the stairwell at six on the morning of the show, both sleepless, and drink a strong coffee at the same table as six years ago.

Count down with the live director, go live, and open the show from the stage of the Rathaus Schoeneberg with a warm welcome to Berlin and Milwaukee.

Open the live broadcast with Frau Weber as the first guest and tell how she opened the door six years ago.

Hear what Frau Weber really thought of Max six years ago and take her admission that he proved her wrong.

Bring Herr Krause on as the next guest and hear that his first rule, quiet from ten, still applies, even to radio hosts.

Hear Lukas tell the hall how he offered Max the du and what Max answered, and say since when you have been friends.

Hear Nina tell the hall about Max's first day in the studio, protest, give in and say how it ended.

Hear Rolf tell the hall about the penalty Max saved in the rain and say what came of it with seitdem.

Bring two guests on at once, hear Mia and Tobi tell the first evening in the bar and raise a glass to six years.

Hear Frau Yilmaz tell the hall how the house was sold, who it belongs to now and that everyone stayed neighbours.

Hear the editor in chief admit on air that she had doubts about a trainee of thirty and that she was wrong.

Hear Kai and Lea judge the oldest trainee the newsroom ever had and warn each other not to say the best too often.

Welcome Jan from Cologne on air with mein naechster Gast, hear Alaaf in a Berlin town hall and say it comes as it comes, in Koelsch and in standard German.

Take a caller on air who rang the very first show six years ago, hear that he is still learning and say why with wegen Ihnen.

Take a question from the audience, hear from another American how hard German is and say how you managed it with jeden Tag ein bisschen.

Go over to Milwaukee on air with wir schalten nach, help Oma find her voice in front of a whole city and hear ich bin stolz auf dich.

Ask Oma on air where her German comes from and hear about her grandparents' village near Bremen and the letters that came every week.

Introduce a real Berliner who stood outside this town hall in 1963, hear the famous sentence and where it was said, and ask what he felt.

Stand alone at the microphone, tell the hall that words fail you and that you are moved, and thank everyone who helped you.

Hear the live director count down the last two minutes, take the last question of the evening, sind Sie jetzt Berliner, and answer it with goosebumps.

Hear the red light go out, say the show is over with wir sind draussen, admit who cried and invite everyone to your place with kommt alle zu mir.

Ring Frau Weber's bell once more, like six years ago, and hear the first words of the whole programme said last.