Ten Days That Shook The World

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Richard Laing

Kelly Burke

Nicholas Murchie

Ewan Bailey

Matthew Gravelle

Richard Elfyn

Alison Hindell

John Reed

Robin Brooks

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World: 1. The Coming Storm

Ten Days That Shook the World

1. The Coming Storm

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.

4 Extra Debut. Petrograd, Autumn 1917. Dramatised eye-witness accounts of the Russian Revolution. With Richard Laing and Kelly Burke.

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.

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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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