Ten years ago today, half a million men, tanks and armour from Russia and her Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia and put an end to Alexander Dubcek 's brave experiment - to give communism a human face. For the few brief months of the Prague Spring, Czechs and Slovaks lived without censorship, and with a degree of political freedom that was unique in Eastern Europe.
Keith Kyle recalls the events of 68 to discover why the Czech experiment went wrong and reports on life in Czechoslovakia today, under the harsh regime the Russians have imposed.
Film editor JOHN NASH Associate producer JOHN WALKER
Producer PETER KENYATTA Executive producer
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(Prague 1968 on Radio 3, today at 9.40 pm. The Invasion of Czechoslovakia on Radio 4, Monday at 11.5 am, repeated Thursday at 7.45 pm. The Price of Freedom on BBC2, Tuesday at 10.50 pm)