1. Fake

The Kremlin - 10th May 1966. The Tsar's Icon is a fake. It is imperative that the original be found - and by 20th June.

Finding it will change the course of human history...

Jeffrey Archer's thriller, first published in 1986.

Dramatic tale of a secret history threatening a deadly escalation of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and USA.

Starring Michael York, Simon Ward and Tom Chadbon.

Dramatised in seven episodes by Brian Sibley.

Adam Scott .... Michael York
Alexander Romanov .... Simon Ward
Lawrence Pemberton .... Tom Chadbon
Brezhnev .... Czeslaw Grocholski
Zaborski .... John Church
Petrova .... Jill Lidstone
Heidi .... Helena Breck
Konstantinov .... George Roubicek
Goering .... Garard Green
Gerald Scott .... Manning Wilson
Mrs Scott .... Pauline Letts
Wainwright .... Eric Stovell

Director: Glyn Dearman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 November 1986.

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Our warm thanks go to the Radio Circle for returning this series to the BBC archive.