http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/life-and-fate/Kenneth Branagh and David Tennant star in an eight-hour dramatisation of Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. Thirteen episodes will be broadcast from 18 to 25 September on Radio 4. This epic masterpiece, centred around the bloody battle of Stalingrad, charts the fate of both a nation and a family in the turmoil of war. Completed in 1960, the novel was deemed so dangerous by the KGB that the book itself was arrested. Due to rights restrictions, episodes are only available for 14 days.Kenneth Branagh and David Tennant star in an eight-hour dramatisation of Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. Thirteen episodes will be broadcast from 18 to 25 September on Radio 4. This epic masterpiece, centred around the bloody battle of Stalingrad, charts the fate of both a nation and a family in the turmoil of war. Completed in 1960, the novel was deemed so dangerous by the KGB that the book itself was arrested. Due to rights restrictions, episodes are only available for 14 days.BBC Radio 4BBCpodcast.support@bbc.co.uken-gb720http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/assets/artwork/266/lifeandfate.jpghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/life-and-fate/(C) BBC 2011Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:03:36 +0100BBC, Radio4, Radio 4, Drama, Kenneth Branagh, David Tennant, Russia, Grossman, BBCBBC, Radio4, Radio 4, Drama, Kenneth Branagh, David Tennant, Russia, Grossman, BBCnononadult