The celebrated dancer, born on a train in Siberia in 1938, grew up in poverty before studying ballet and scrambling to the top at the Kirov Ballet.

Julie Kavanagh's biography of Russian ballet star, Rudolf Nureyev

Read by Jamie Glover

Abridged in five-parts by Miranda Davies.

Producer: Amber Barnfather

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007. Show less