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Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth

Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his evil influence on the Russian Royal family. Stars Robert Glenister.

Has history been unjust to Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin?

Was he anything more than a "mad monk", unbridled lecher, and evil influence on the Russian royal family?

Wally K Daly's epic drama stars Robert Glenister as Rasputin, Michael Cochrane as the Tsar, Jane Whittenshaw as the Tsarina, Geoffrey Whithead as the Adjudicator, Maurice Denham as Makari, Norman Bird as Theophenes, Denys Hawthorne as Hemogenes and Roger May as Iliodor.

Director: Martin Jenkins

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Jan 201704:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Sep 200710:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sun 2 Sep 200720:00
    BBC Radio 7
  • Sat 12 May 201206:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 12 May 201216:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 13 May 201204:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 14 Jun 201406:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 14 Jun 201416:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 15 Jun 201404:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 14 Jan 201706:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 14 Jan 201716:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 15 Jan 201704:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra