Fall of the Shah: A BBC Radio full cast drama

A gripping BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the 1970's Iranian Revolution

Something is coming. What is on the horizon for the people of Iran? Can America's friendship with Iran survive? From Jimmy Carter's optimistic visit to Tehran in December 1977 to the trial of the state's enemies in 1979, this nine-part drama tells the story of the Iranian Revolution, where protestors took to the streets in support of the exiled religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, and the Shah requested help from an America already torn apart by its own conflicts.

In a time of hope, of tyranny, of change, of oppression, in a tale of power, betrayal and fear, this true story will transport you to the 1970s, when the Iranian Revolution would change the world - forever.

Featuring Dame Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones, All Creatures Great and Small), Bijan Daneshmand (The Night Manager, The Boy from Aleppo that Painted the War) and Carolyn Pickles (Broadchurch, Land Girls).

Cast Narrator - Diana Rigg The Shah - Bijan Daneshmand President Carter - Nathan Osgood The Ayatollah Khomeini - Selva Rasalingam Zbigniew Brzezinski - Sam Dale William Sullivan - Tony Turner Farah Pahlavi - Nathalie Armin Rosalynn Carter- Carolyn Pickles Nassiri - Peter Polycarpou Mehdi - Moe Bar-El Haikaz / Sadegh Ghotbzadeh - Philip Arditti Gary Sick - David Seddon Warren Christopher - Don Gilet Molly - Saffron Coomber Sharpour Bakhtiar - Peter Polycarpou General Gharabaghi / General Oveissi - Vincent Ebrahim Carole Bauman - Clare Corbett Sadegh Khalkhali - Bhasker Patel Ebrahim Yazdi - Paul Chahidi Hassan - Amir El-Masry Joan - Alexandra Constantinidi Iraj - Ashley Kumar Ahmad - Ronny Jhutti Amir - Dana Haqjoo Shirin - Afsaneh Dehrouyeh Nargess - Sara Zeymour

Production credits Written by Steve Waters Composer- Ghanvar Khaleghi Sound Design - Caleb Knightley Produced and Directed by Marc Beeby

'Exactly the type of drama at which the BBC excels' Guardian

Originally broadcast January-March 2019

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Lydbog: 17. november 2022