Ten Days That Shook The World

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Robin Brooks

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World: 9. Moscow

Ten Days That Shook the World

9. Moscow

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World

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The revolutionaries' own bombardment has destroyed the Kremlin.

Lunacharsky despairs that the revolutionaries' own bombardment has destroyed the Kremlin.  Stars Richard Laing.

Lunacharsky despairs at the rumour that the revolutionaries' own bombardment has destroyed the historic Kremlin. 

Reed and Bryant set out to Moscow to see for themselves but find not everyone in the city supports the Bolsheviks.

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 
Lunacharsky ..... Matthew Gravelle 
Cab Driver ..... Nicholas Murchie 
Melcher ..... Charlie Clements 
Wife ..... Eiry Thomas 
Student ..... Sion Pritchard  

With Simon Ludders and Tom Forrister

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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