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Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Rich Hall examines the relationship between the West and
the USSR in his inimitable fashion. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rich Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Eleanor Clift
Interviewed Guest:
Thomas Doherty
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Finn
Director:
Chris Cottam

Book of the Week

The Zhivago Affair

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

A useful Cold War weapon, illicit copies of Dr Zhivago are in big demand at 1958's Brussels World's Fair. Read by Nigel Anthony. Show more

Book of the Week

The Zhivago Affair

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Pasternak begins an affair with Olga Ivinskaya. A dangerous move. She is later sentenced to hard labour. Read by Nigel Anthony. Show more

Book of the Week

The Zhivago Affair

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

1958: The Russian-language manuscript of Dr Zhivago arrives at CIA headquarters in Washington DC. Read by Nigel Anthony. Show more

Book of the Week

The Zhivago Affair

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Headline news as Pasternak is awarded 1958's Nobel Prize in Literature, but he is forced to renounce it. Concluded by Nigel Anthony. Show more

Book of the Week

The Zhivago Affair

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Pasternak's poetry is receiving rave reviews and it's not long before the Soviet leadership takes note. He is summoned to a meeting with Leon Trotsky. Show more