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Author: Holly Dicker
Made in Europe's timing is impeccable. Now more than ever do we need a TV series that brings us together. TV can do that - unite us. So can literature, art, fashion, music, design and critical thought. Culture and the arts define us. Culture makes us human, and our humanity extends beyond geographical, political and religious borders. This is essentially what Made in Europe is all about, a new eight-part documentary series from progressive Dutch broadcasters VPRO.
Hosted by the lauded Flemish author Dimitri Verhulst, each week Made in Europe zigzags its way across the continent delivering pithy vignettes on European cultural icons from Sweden's redheaded rebel Pippi Longstocking to Thomas Mann's epic The Magic Mountain, via punk, pornography, IKEA, Lego and much more besides. It all adds up to an alternative view of Europe, a vibrant, diverse and historically rich Europe that has its regional quirks and national treasures, but despite the differences is bound by a single unifying factor: us.
Made in Europe then is crucially about being human. It's about people who have made an impact on society with their wo...
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