War and Peace, BBC1

War and Peace, BBC1

At more than 1,400 pages, adapting War And Peace as a six-part drama was not for the fainthearted. Olly Grant meets the director, producer and crew charged with bringing the epic story to life

Cutting Tolstoy’s classic down to size

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