The Lysenko Affair

Summary

NOVA explores T.D. Lynsenko's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the early 20th century, and how it affected plant genetic research in the USSR.

Guest stars

• Terrence Hardiman as Trofim Lysenko
• David Swift as Nikolai Vavilov
• Simon Lack as Zhukovsky
• Richard Ireson as Prezent
• George Cormack as Ivan Michurin
• Forbes Collins as Iakovlev
• Richard Beale as Lysenko's Father
• Noel Davis as Scientist
• Michael David as Agrobiologist
• David James as Gorshkov