Doctor Zhivago Miniseries
Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.
24 November 2002
Episodes
1. Part 1
Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago is a young doctor and rising poet, about to be married to Anna. He meets Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova (the teenage mistress of a politician) when she tries to kill herself. Lara marries the Bolshevik Antipov, and as the Great War unfolds, Yuri and Lara go off to war to tend the wounded, fall in love and lead a passionate affair as the old régime collapses.
24 November 2002
2. Part 2
Yury returns to Moscow to find his house has been taken over by the Reds. He becomes a surgeon at a Moscow hospital but Mischa advises him to leave Moscow.
01 December 2002
3. Part 3
Yury has been captured by the Partisan. Lara nurses Tonya as she has her baby.
08 December 2002
Cast
Hans Matheson
Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago
Keira Knightley
Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova
Celia Imrie
Anna Gromeko
Alexandra Maria Lara
Tonya Gromeko
Sam Neill
Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
Hugh Bonneville
Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
Kris Marshall
Pavel 'Pasha' Antipov
Bill Paterson
Alexander Maximovich Gromeko