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Litvinenko
GenreDrama
Written byGeorge Kay
Directed byJim Field Smith
Starring
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Patrick Spence
  • Josephine Zapata Genetay
  • Lucy Bedford
  • George Kay
  • Jim Field Smith
  • David Tennant
Producers
  • Chris May
  • Richard Kerbaj
CinematographyEd Moore
EditorsDavid Webb, Robert Frost
Production companies
Original release
NetworkITV

Litvinenko is a British 4-part television mini-series made for ITVX by Tiger Aspect, starring David Tennant in the role of Alexander Litvinenko, Margarita Levieva as Marina Litvinenko, directed by Jim Field Smith, and written by George Kay. The series premiered on 15 December 2022.

Synopsis

A dramatisation of the 10-year fight of Marina Litvinenko and the London police force as they work to prove the guilt and release the names of those responsible for the 2006 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.[1]

Cast

Production

In September 2021 it was announced that Tennant and Margarita Levieva were to take on the roles of Alexander and Marina Litvinenko for ITV and Nordic Entertainment Group from a script from George Kay, with Tiger Aspect also producing. Jim Field Smith was announced as director with Neil Maskell and Mark Bonnar appearing as the police officers who interviewed Litvinenko in his hospital bed.[4] Tennant met with Marina Litvinenko and said he felt a responsibility to her, saying, “it’s so relevant to the world we live in what happened to that man and the things that he spent his life talking about and that his wife Marina, who is an extraordinary human, is still doing. The reason we tell that story is because it’s so raw and vivid and important.”[5] Filming took place in London from October 2021.[6][7]

To air in conjunction with the series, ITV commissioned Firecracker Films to produce an hour-long film detailing the events of the Polonium-210 poisoning of Litvinenko in 2006, including an interview with Marina Litvinenko, Assistant Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Andy Hayman and James Cairns, who was the Police Radiation Protection Advisor.[8]

Reception

Broadcast

In March 2022 the project was announced to be included in the productions set to be launched in the UK on the new for 2022 ITV streaming service ITVX.[9] In October 2022, it was announced the project had also been sold internationally to more than 80 international markets, including Seven Network in Australia, Stockholm based Viaplay and their streaming service in the Nordics, Netherlands, Poland and the Baltics, and TVNZ in New Zealand, with AMC+ having exclusive rights in the US, and Amazon Prime Video in Canada.[10][11] The series premiered on ITVX on 15 December 2022.

References

  1. ^ Moss, Molly (3 August 2022). "Litvinenko release date, cast and plot for David Tennant ITVX drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Meet the cast of Litvinenko". Radio Times. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ "ITV Litvinenko Press Pack" (PDF). ITV.com. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  4. ^ "David Tennant To Star In 'Litvinenko' Poison Drama For ITV & Viaplay From 'Lupin' Creator George Kay". Deadline.
  5. ^ "David Tennant Says He Felt Responsibility of Playing Alexander Litvinenko After Meeting Spy's wife Marina". The Independent.
  6. ^ "Litvinenko". Productionlist.
  7. ^ "October 2021: London On Screen and Filming". FilmLondon.org.
  8. ^ "Firecracker to tell Litvinenko murder story for ITV". Televisual.com.
  9. ^ "Introducing ITVX - Britain's freshest new free streaming service launching later this year". ITV.com.
  10. ^ "ITV Studios Sells 'Litvinenko' to 80-Plus Territories". Variety.
  11. ^ "AMC And Prime Video Among Buyers Of David Tennant Drama 'Litvinenko - Mipcom Cannes". Deadline.
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