Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
Juliet Stevenson , Nicholas Asbury , Milo Twomey , Simon Sebag-Montefiore , Martin Amis , Bridget Kendall , Vladimir Lenin , Vladimir Putin , Tariq Ali
BBC