Ten Days That Shook The World

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Richard Laing

Kelly Burke

Nicholas Murchie

Ewan Bailey

Matthew Gravelle

Richard Elfyn

Lynn Hunter

Sion Pritchard

Alison Hindell

John Reed

Robin Brooks

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World: 2. On the Eve

Ten Days That Shook the World

2. On the Eve

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World

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

Confusion in Petrograd mounts. Reed interviews Trotsky and hears Lenin calling for a Bolshevik insurrection. With Richard Laing.

The confusion in Petrograd continues as the new delegates to the Congress of Soviets stream into the city. 

Reed gets a brief interview with Trotsky and overhears Lenin calling for a Bolshevik insurrection. 

But isn't Lenin meant to be in hiding to avoid arrest?

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 
Lenin .... Nicholas Murchie 
Kerensky .... Ewan Bailey 
Trotsky .... Matthew Gravelle 
Karelin .... Richard Elfyn 
Doorwoman .... Lynn Hunter 
Zorin .... Sion Pritchard

Director: Alison Hindell 

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

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

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