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“Sandbrook is an inveterate demolisher of myths”

BBC UK programmes presents Das Auto: The Germans, Their Cars and Us, a timeless, fantastic and brilliantly scripted documentary by the BBC Two. The Doc. aired on August 2013 and examined Germany’s economic power and the automobile industry at the heart of it. Across the world, the badges of Volkswagen, Audi, BMW and Mercedes inspire immediate awe. Even in Britain, where memories of Second World War run deep, we can’t resist the appeal of a German car. By contrast, our own industry is a shadow of its former self. Historian Dominic Sandbrook asks what it is we got wrong, and what the Germans got so right. Producer was Fatima Salaria and the assistant producer was Zoe Jewell, both of whom also worked on The 70s. The cameraman was Neil Harvey, and the executive producer was Lucy Hetherington. Watch full doc. above. MORE: (BBC) (Germany’s sustainable growth) (BBC – Just what makes Germans so successful?)