In the first of a series of programmes marking the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, writer and broadcaster Anthony Howard draws on secret tapes made by President Kennedy to tell the inside story of what went on in the White House duringthe time when the world came the closest it's ever been to nuclear war. Dramatisations from the recordings feature Ed Bishop as John F Kennedy , with John Guerrasio , Bill Roberts , Kerry Shale , Bob Sherman , Colin Stinton and John Turner. With additional contributions by President Kennedy's close aide anc speech writer Ted Sorensen , his defense secretary Robert McNamara , historian and confidante Arthur Schlesinger Jr and General William Y
Smith. Producer Mark Savage Revised repeat Repeated on Sat at 10.15pm