Hamburg: Mighty Harbors, Repurposed Bomb Shelters, and Designer Embankments
1:00 01/01/1970
My last stop in Europe this year is Hamburg. After weeks of filming in scorching heat, heavy rains finally slammed us — and after three socked-in days, I had to change my flight and hope for better...
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Germany’s Complex, Tumultuous History
1:00 01/01/1970
I’m just wrapping up three weeks of filming in Germany, and I’m impressed by the souvenirs of its tumultuous history. Doing TV shows on Frankfurt, Nürnberg, Dresden, Leipzig, and Hamburg, you...
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Millions of German Americans Sailed From Here
1:00 01/01/1970
Being in Hamburg, I kept thinking, “I love this city.” And one highlight was seeing the place from where millions of Germans emigrated to the New World. Imagine the fun of filming this city with...
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Nazi Parade Ground and the Stink of German Urine
1:00 01/01/1970
I’ve left England and have made my way to Germany, where I’m filming new TV shows for our upcoming season. And my first stop is a beautiful town with some sinister connections: Nürnberg. Hitler...
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Inside Look at Amazing Crime Museum
1:00 01/01/1970
While filming in Rothenburg at the amazing Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum, we got a behind-the-scenes look at how great museums don’t just happen. (Tacky and commercial “torture museums”...
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Modern Germans Reenact Medieval Battles
1:00 01/01/1970
While filming our Protestant Reformation documentary in Germany, we decided to use Rothenburg’s 16th-century settings to do my “on cameras.” It was perfect: Its Medieval Crime and Punishment...
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Reformation Shoot
1:00 01/01/1970
We’re in Germany filming a one-hour special about Martin Luther and the Reformation which will be released in a year for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Luther was the first...
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Slaughter at the End of the Middle Ages
1:00 01/01/1970
While filming our Protestant Reformation special in Germany, I couldn’t resist stopping by a sight I’ve never heard of before that is related to the Reformation — the Panorama Museum in Bad...
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Tacky Tuscan Tourist Trap?
1:00 01/01/1970
When filming our TV shows, we often note how we make things look better than they are. The truth is, there are a lot of tacky tourist traps throughout Europe. San Gimignano comes off as a pretty...
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Final Greek Easter Insights
1:00 01/01/1970
Our crew is heading home after two busy weeks of filming (first in Italy, then in Greece — since Orthodox Easter was a week later than Western Christian Easter this year). Meanwhile, our second...
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