The Trouble With TolstoyEpisode of August 2, 2014

BBC television presenter Alan Yentob embarks on a journey through the heart of Russia, on the trail of the life story of Leo Tolstoy. With contributions from literary critics, experts and ordinary Russians, together with readings from his diaries and novels, Yentob reveals an ambiguous and flawed non-conformist, deeply self absorbed, but yet who remains a writer and theorist of unsurpassed genius. (From the UK, in English and Russian) (Masterpiece) (Documentary) (Rpt) PG

The Trouble With Tolstoy was broadcast on SBS ONE at Saturday 2 August 2014, 04:10.