The Real Doctor Zhivago

Dr Zhivago is one of the bestknown love stories of the 20th century but the setting of the book also made it famous It is a tale of passion and fear set against a backdrop of revolution and violence The film is what most people remember but the story of the writing of the book has more twists intrigue and bravery than many a Hollywood blockbuster In this documentary Stephen Smith traces the revolutionary beginnings of this bestseller to it becoming a pawn of the CIA at the height of the Cold War