On the eve of Tito's 80th birthday, CHRIS cvnc presents a radio portrait of Josip Broz of Yugoslavia - revolutionary, partisan, president; the first ruler to establish a Communist state outside Russia and the first Communist leader to break Russia's dominance.
Those taking part include three biographers who have studied, followed or fought with Tito:
PHYLLIS AUTY, VLADIMIR DEDIJER SIR FITZROY MACLEAN
After the portrait, CHRIS cviic chairs a discussion between SIR DUNCAN WILSON (UK Ambassador to Yugoslavia and then the Soviet Union 1964-71) and PROFESSOR Richard LÖWEN-THAL (Free University, Berlin): What is Titoism and how much does it depend for its survival on Tito himself?
Producer HUGH PURCELL
(Tito ... 80 today: BBC2's Europa, Thursday 8.0 pm)