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Hugh Bonneville continues to read from Orlando Figes’ account of a love triangle set against the backdrop of huge cultural change in 19th century Europe.

While Turgenev’s relationship with married opera singer, Pauline Viardot, intensifies, cosmopolitan aspirations falter as cries for revolution spread across the continent.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Elizabeth Allard
Directed by Gemma Jenkins