Written by Mike Walker, from an idea by Michael Crick.

A tragicomic take on the months Tsar Peter the Great spent in London learning about ship-building and naval tactics, destroying the house and garden of diarist John Evelyn; roistering with the ambitious young actress Letitia Cross; and preparing himself for an onslaught upon Evelyn’s treasured holly hedge, Russia’s backward society and the peace of Northern Europe.

Peter . . . . . Greg KolpakchiLetitia . . . . . Siena KellyJohn . . . . . Michael BertenshawBen . . . . . John LightbodyForeign Secretary . . . . . Josh Bryant-JonesLucy . . . . . Kitty O’Sullivan

Sound design: Andy Garratt & Peter RingroseDirector: Sasha Yevtushenko

This drama was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.