Stalin 1: Revolutionary. ITV, WGBH trilogy 1990

The first episode of a fine series on Stalin. This episode takes in Stalin s early life and his revolutionary career, and his success in the power struggle that took place as a consequence of Lenin s illness and death. Narrated by Ian Holm. Written and directed by Jonathan Lewis. It draws on a range of eyewitnesses, relatives of protagonists (including Stalin s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva and Bukharin s widow Anna Larina) and historians, including Prof, Robert Tucker and, bringing the power struggle threads together, Prof. Moshe Lewin and Prof. Stephen Cohen. Consultants for the series: Prof. Stephen Cohen, Prof. Moshe Lewin, Prof Alec Nove, Anton AntonovOveyenko, Prof. John Erickson, Dr Gregory Guroff, Prof. Yuri Poliakov, Prof Oleg Rzheshevsky.