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1. The Coming Storm

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4 Extra Debut. Petrograd, Autumn 1917. Dramatised eye-witness accounts of the Russian Revolution. With 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.

Dramatised in ten parts by Robin Brooks

John Reed …. Richard Laing
Louise Bryant …. Kelly Burke
Lenin …. Nicholas Murchie
Liazonov …. Ewan Bailey
Lunacharsky …. Matthew Gravelle
Buchanan …. Richard Elfyn

Director: Alison Hindell

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

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Oct 2021 02:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

John Reed Richard Laing
Louise Bryant Kelly Burke
Lenin Nicholas Murchie
Liazonov Ewan Bailey
Lunacharsky Matthew Gravelle
Buchanan Richard Elfyn
Director Alison Hindell
Author John Reed
Adaptor Robin Brooks

Broadcasts

  • Mon 9 Oct 2017 09:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Mon 9 Oct 2017 19:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 4 Oct 2021 14:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 5 Oct 2021 02:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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