2. Surprises

The Kremlin: 6th June 1966. In Russia, Major Romanov is tracking down the Tsar's Icon. In England, Adam Scott has received a strange bequest.

Starring Michael York as Adam Scott, Simon Ward as Alexander Romanov and Tom Chadbon as Lawrence Pemberton.

Jeffrey Archer's tale of a secret history that threatens a deadly escalation of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Dramatised in seven episodes by Brian Sibley.

Adam Scott .... Michael York
Alexander Romanov .... Simon Ward
Lawrence Pemberton .... Tom Chadbon
Sir Morris .... Richard Vernon
Poskonov .... Vladek Sheybal
Brezhnev .... Czeslaw Grocholski
Zaborski .... John Church
Petrova .... Jill Lidstone
Heidi .... Helena Breck
Bischoff .... David March
Sedgewick .... Richard Durden
Pastor .... Ronald Herdman
Cashier .... Elaine Claxton
Harold Wilson .... John Bird

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 November 1986.