This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.

The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.

And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.

The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.

The IRA inmates who found a way.

I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path

through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.

The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.

Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.

This is the BBC.

Hi and welcome to this bonus episode of the Seriously Podcast a special treat in your

podcast feed I'm Rhiana Dylan and as you know we always hope to bring you

seriously interesting stories here.

Today is no different.

100 years ago, the Russian Revolution took place, a seismic event.

To mark the anniversary, BBC Radio 4's Today program has produced four special reports, each from a different Russian city.

Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg, travelled 4,000 miles across the country,

visiting cities that are closely connected to the drama of Red October.

And Steve's on the our journey where the Russian Revolution started in St. Petersburg, the cradle of the

revolution and it was an event really which changed not only Russia but it changed the

world and it created the world's first common estate and it really defined I think the

20th century as this century of confrontation between communism and capitalism and

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