John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.

Petrograd under the Provisional Government is in chaos.

American journalists John Reed and Louise Bryant arrive to find the tension between factions is palpable and it's only a matter of time before the situation explodes. But in which direction?

Stars Richard Laing and Kelly Burke.

Dramatised in ten parts by Robin Brooks

John Reed …. Richard Laing
Louise Bryant …. Kelly Burke
Lenin …. Nicholas Murchie
Liazonov …. Ewan Bailey
Lunacharsky …. Matthew Gravelle
Buchanan …. Richard Elfyn

Director: Alison Hindell

A BBC Cymru/Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017. Show less