Produced by Matthew Walters
Broadcast May 5, 1990

The story of Alexander II of Russia aka The Little Father.

Alexander II. Emperor of Russia. King of Poland.
Grand Prince of Finland. Born 1818. Died 1881.

Sometime suitor to Queen Victoria. Succeeded to the Russian throne
in 1855. In the aftermath of the Crimean War, made steps towards the
end of autocracy - reorganised the military, constrained the aristocracy
by liberating the serfs (1861) and economic development of the interior.

There were at least five attempts on his life. In 1881, one organised by
Narodnaya Volya (People's Will - Lenin's brother was a member) succeeded.
The first bomb wrecked his carriage. The second tore him to pieces.


Alexander II. Assassinated, 1881

Cast
Paul Daneman - Emperor Alexander
Dorothy Tutin - Empress
Jo Kendall - Countess Tolstoi
Michael Kilgarriff - Colonel
Simon Treves - Serge
Stephen Garlick - Alexay
Vincent Brimble - Affie
Oona Beeson - Ella
Tara Dominick - Marie
Marcia King - Katherine

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