Ten Days That Shook The World

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Kelly Burke

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Sion Pritchard

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Robin Brooks

John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World: 7. Counter-Revolution

Ten Days That Shook the World

7. Counter-Revolution

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Bryant is caught up in a vicious street battle.

Bryant is in a vicious street battle, and government troops are captured by Bolshevik sailors. Stars Richard Laing.

Bryant is caught up in a vicious street battle and witnesses the bloody violence of the Revolution at close quarters. 

Counter-revolutionary government troops holding the telephone exchange are captured by Bolshevik sailors - who then have to learn to man the switchboards. 

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 
Trotsky ..... Matthew Gravelle 
Meshkovsky ..... Nicholas Murchie 
Girl ..... Gwawr Loader 
Antonov ..... Sion Pritchard 
Doorman ..... Ewan Bailey

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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