Solo Behind The Iron Curtain by Tracy Spottiswoode
Robert Vaughn stars in a dramatic account of his time filming in Czechoslovakia in 1968 when he was trapped by Soviet tanks.
Actor Robert Vaughn, famous at the time as 1960s TV spy Napoleon Solo, is making a movie in Prague with several other Hollywood stars.
Filming stops abruptly, however, when Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia.
Cast and crew find themselves trapped.
The Man from UNCLE must find a way to escape, and quickly.
Robert Vaughn stars as himself.
Tracy Spottiswoode's thriller is based on real events in 1968.
Robert Vaughn ...... Himself
Pepsi ...... Vesna Stanojevic
George Segal ...... Robert Glenister
Ben Gazzara ...... John Guerrasio
Bradford Dillman ...... Richard Laing
David Wolper ...... Garrick Hagon
Honzo ...... Robert Luckay
Sadovsky ...... Rad Lazar
Director: Kate McAll
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
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Mon 5 Nov 200714:15BBC Radio 4- Tue 5 May 200914:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 10 Nov 201711:15BBC Radio 4 Extra
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