1988 Reith Lectures A Great Power in Crisis A Great Power in Crisis
'While his Tunbridge Wells counterpart works himself up over trivia, outraged Sverdlovsk is witnessing a real crisis. He may blame Mr Gorbachev for it, but actually it's rooted in the very nature of the Soviet system, and Gorbachev has done no more than bring it to the surface in order to tackle it.'
The 41st BBC Reith Lectures: The rediscovery of Politics, Authority, Culture and Community on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Primary Title
- 1988 Reith Lectures
Secondary Title
- A Great Power in Crisis
Episode Title
- A Great Power in Crisis
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 7 June 1989
Original Broadcast Date
- Monday 20 February 2017
Start Time
- 21 : 00
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 29:56
Episode
- 1
Channel
- 1YC
Broadcaster
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
- 1YC
Owning Organisation
- BBC
Programme Description
- The 41st BBC Reith Lectures: The rediscovery of Politics, Authority, Culture and Community on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Episode Description
- 'While his Tunbridge Wells counterpart works himself up over trivia, outraged Sverdlovsk is witnessing a real crisis. He may blame Mr Gorbachev for it, but actually it's rooted in the very nature of the Soviet system, and Gorbachev has done no more than bring it to the surface in order to tackle it.'
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=reith+lectures+1988&media=all&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00#search
Genres
- Current affairs
- History
- Politics
- Talk
Hosts
- Geoffrey Hosking (Lecturer)