Ten Days That Shook The World

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Richard Laing

Kelly Burke

Nicholas Murchie

Ewan Bailey

Richard Nichols

Richard Elfyn

Sion Pritchard

Alison Hindell

John Reed

Robin Brooks

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World: 8. Victory

Ten Days That Shook the World

8. Victory

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World

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Trotsky claims victory over the Cossacks.

Trotsky claims victory over the Cossacks. On the front line, Reed faces the brutality of the Red Guard. Stars Richard Laing.

Trotsky has claimed victory over the Cossacks and Kerensky is asking for an armistice. 

Reed sets out once more for the front line with a driver who takes a dim view of American democracy, and finds himself up against the illiterate brutality of the Red Guard.

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

Stars Richard Laing and Kelly Burke.

John Reed    ......    Richard Laing
Louise Bryant    ......    Kelly Burke
Colonel    ......    Nicholas Murchie
Kameniev    ......    Ewan Bailey
Dybenko    ......    Richard Nichols
Baklanov    ......    Richard Elfyn
Leonsky    ......    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.

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

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