Khrushchev MM said that if the Russians had shot six prominent writers, there would have been no Hungarian revolt. These six programmes, introduced by John Harriett, show how writers have responded to harsh treatment and imprisonment by governments who fear the power of the pen. : Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright whose recent trial and imprisonment have shocked the free world.
'Seldom in recent times has a social system offered scope so openly to unprincipled and spineless men.'
Reader George Pravda Singer JAROSLAV HUTKA
Producer smpLEYCuBOULAT tonsu'at;eon[j/