Jonathan Dimbleby travels through Russia for new BBC2 series

I greatly enjoyed tuning into the first episode of a new five part series on Russia, presented by Jonathan Dimbleby, in which the journalist and broadcaster will be travelling the length and breadth of the country to, he says, get to know Russia through the eyes of ‘ordinary people’, away from all the politics.

I always think it’s difficult to write about Russia without lapsing into lazy clichés. While there were elements of this, the personal stories that Jonathan Dimbleby uncovered added an extra poignancy and depth to the comments about the vastness of Russia, and the suffering of its people.

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