by ROBERT WISTRICH and DAVID ROBINS
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the man who - second to Lenin among the Bolsheviks - actually organised the October Revolution of 1917, created the Red Army which saved the Communist state from extinction in 1919-20, and produced a body of work providing the theoretical basis of a Marxist alternative to Stalinism. Arguably one of the most important shapers of our century. Trotsky was also a consummate autobiographer, and this programme draws from his own words the story of his dynamic and ultimately tragic life. with and Others in the cast: MICHAEL DERRINGTON
MARTIN FRIEND , BRIAN HAINES ANDREW HILTON , BARKLEY JOHNSON , PHILIP SULLY Producer BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol