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Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian tsars.

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Joel MacCormack

Kenneth Collard

Joe Sims

Charlie Anson

Nathaniel Martello-White

Maeve Bluebell Wells

Sarah Ridgeway

David Sturzaker

Simon Ludders

Robert Blythe

Finlay Robertson

Tom Forrister

Sasha Yevtushenko

Mike Walker

Tsar: 2. Alexander I: Into the Woods

2. Alexander I: Into the Woods

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Tsar, 2. Alexander I: Into the Woods

The story of Alexander I, the tsar who took on Napoleon Bonaparte and won.

Alexander I, the man who never wanted to be Tsar, but who ended up taking on Napoleon Bonaparte. Starring Joel MacCormack.

Alexander never wanted to be Tsar. Before his accession he told friends that he hoped to retire into private life abroad. Life, however, had other plans. 

Starting with his own father's ill-fated reign, and his subsequent murder. How complicit was Alexander in all of this? And then came the greatest threat Russia had ever seen: the new French Emperor. 

Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian Tsars continues with the story of Alexander I, the Tsar who took on Napoleon Bonaparte and won.

Alexander I .... Joel MacCormack 
Pavel I .... Kenneth Collard 
Petya .... Joe Sims 
Napoleon .... Charlie Anson 
Arakcheyev .... Nathaniel Martello-White 
Elizabeth .... Maeve Bluebell Wells 
Katya .... Sarah Ridgeway 
Pahlen .... David Sturzaker 
Sperensky .... Simon Ludders 
Talleyrand .... Robert Blythe 
Bennigsen .... Finlay Robertson 
The French Actor .... Tom Forrister 

Director Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2017.

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