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War and Peace

on BBC One London

by LEO TOLSTOY
Dramatised in nine parts by JACK PULMAN Part 4
Andrei returned to Bald Hills to discover that his wife Lisa has just died in childbirth. Pierre challenged Dolohov to a duel and wounded him and later met Bazdayev who introduced him to Freemasonry. The Tsar and Napoleon signed the Tilsit Agreement in order to prevent any further wars between the two countries.
Cast in order of appearance:
Producer DAVID CONROY Director JOHN DAVIES
9 With the help of the specially trained Russian wolfhounds, the Borzois, for one fine specimen of which Russian aristocrats would exchange two or three whole families of house serfs, the Rostovs get their wolf, and then, after the hunt, Nikolai and Natasha go back to the home of a country relative, an old uncle who plays on his guitar folk tunes to which Natasha dances beautifully.
Where, how and when could this young countess who had had a French emigrie for a governess, have imbibed from the Russian air she breathed the spirit of that dance? " asks Tolstoy AN EXTRACT FROM 'WAR AND PEACE,' A RADIO TIMES SPECIAL, 25p post paid, available from [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Unknown:
Jack Pulman
Unknown:
Bald Hills
Producer:
David Conroy
Director:
John Davies
Andrei:
Alan Dobie
Piotr:
Anthony Woodruff
Coachman:
Derek Ware
Natasha:
Morag Hood
Sonya:
Joanna David
Count Rostov:
Rupert Davies
Prokofy:
Edmund Bailey
Countess Rostova:
Faith Brook
Princess Drubetskoya:
Anne Blake
Vera:
Patricia Shakesby
Lieut Berg:
Michael Billington
Speransky:
Basil Dignam
Pierre:
Anthony Hopkins
Hélène:
Fiona Gaunt
Host:
Geoffrey Denton
Mavra:
Mary Chester
Olga:
Judith Pollard
Tsar Alexander:
Donald Douglas
Boris Drubetskoy:
Neil Stacy
Prince Bolkonsky:
Anthony Jacobs
Nikolai:
Sylvester Morand
Petya:
Rufus Frampton
Mitenka:
Hugh Cross
Uncle:
Patrick Holt

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