Reed and Bryant blag their way in to the Winter Palace and meet the frightened government troops defending the building.

As gunfire starts in the street, the Palace falls, surprisingly easily. to the victorious revolutionaries.

The journalists find themselves caught in a dangerous encounter.

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

Stars Richard Laing and Kelly Burke.

Dramatised by Robin Brooks

John Reed .... Richard Laing
Louise Bryant .... Kelly Burke
Kerensky .... Ewan Bailey
Comberg .... Matthew Gravelle
Driver .... Nicholas Murchie
Commissar .... Richard Elfyn
Robert .... Sion Pritchard

Director: Alison Hindell

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