Ten Days That Shook The World (Omnibus)

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John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World (Omnibus): Episode 1

Ten Days That Shook the World

Episode 1

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World (Omnibus)

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John Reed's classic eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.

John Reed's classic eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917. Starring 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.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts dramatised by Robin Brooks

John Reed …. Richard Laing
Louise Bryant …. Kelly Burke
Lenin …. Nicholas Murchie
Liazonov …. Ewan Bailey
Lunacharsky …. Matthew Gravelle
Buchanan …. Richard Elfyn
Doorwoman .... Lynn Hunter
Zorin .... Sion Pritchard
Woman .... Sarah Ridgeway

Other parts played by the cast. 

Director: Alison Hindell

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

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