The Salisbury Poisonings
| The Salisbury Poisonings | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Saul Dibb |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Karen Lewis |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production company | Dancing Ledge Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 14 June 2020 |
The Salisbury Poisonings is a three-part fact-based television drama, starring Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall and Annabel Scholey[1][2] which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in Salisbury, England, and the subsequent Amesbury poisonings. The series was broadcast on BBC One in June 2020,[3] and was created by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson[4] for Dancing Ledge Productions.[5] Worldwide distribution is handled by Fremantle. It was announced that AMC signed an agreement with Fremantle to exclusively broadcast the show in the US.[6]
Plot overview
On 4 March 2018, emergency services receive a call to attend to Sergei and Yulia Skripal who have been found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury city centre.
Cast
- Anne-Marie Duff as Tracy Daszkiewicz
- William Houston as Ted Daszkiewicz
- Rafe Spall as DS Nick Bailey
- Annabel Scholey as Sarah Bailey
- Darren Boyd as Supt Dave Minty
- Nigel Lindsay as DCC Paul Mills
- Amber Aga as DI Lata Mishra
- Wayne Swann as Sergei Skripal
- Jill Winternitz as Yulia Skripal
- Johnny Harris as Charlie Rowley
- Barry Aird as Matthew Rowley
- MyAnna Buring as Dawn Sturgess
- Stella Gonet as Caroline Sturgess
- Melanie Gutteridge as Claire Sturgess
- Ron Cook as Stan Sturgess
- Mark Addy as Ross Cassidy
- Clare Burt as Mo Cassidy
- Duncan Pow as Dr. James Haslam
- Emma Stansfield as Nurse Emma Black
- Shereen Martin as Dr. Rebecca Jenner
- Jonathan Slinger as Prof. Tim Atkins
- Andrew Brooke as Alistair Cunningham
- Chris Wilson as Police Officer
- Kimberley Nixon as Hannah Mitchell
- Michael Shaeffer as Stephen Kemp
- Sophia Ally as Gracie Sturgess
- Judah Cousin as Toby Daszkiewicz
- Stephanie Gil as Ellie Bailey
- Kiera Thompson as Annie Bailey
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | "Episode 1" | Saul Dibb | Adam Patterson & Declan Lawn | 14 June 2020 | 10.3 [8] | |
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The Skripals and DS Bailey fight to survive, whilst the Director of Public Health in Wiltshire, Tracy Daszkiewicz, and the emergency services try to locate the source of the nerve agent to prevent further casualties.[7] | ||||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Saul Dibb | Adam Patterson & Declan Lawn | 15 June 2020 | 9.3 [10] | |
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CID officer Nick Bailey’s condition worsens as Tracy struggles to protect local residents against the numerous deposits of Novichok being found across the city.[9] | ||||||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Saul Dibb | Adam Patterson & Declan Lawn | 16 June 2020 | 9.2 [12] | |
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Several months later, the city is starting to forget and heal - until a scavenged perfume bottle leads to tragic consequences for local couple Dawn and Charlie.[11] | ||||||
Reception
Writing in The Guardian, Lucy Mangan praised the show's script and direction as being "admirably restrained", and compared the calm actions of its characters facing a "new normal" to the reactions of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]
Distribution
Worldwide distribution is handled by Fremantle. In June 2020 it was announced that AMC signed an agreement with Fremantle to exclusively broadcast the show in the United States.[14]
References
- ^ Eleanor Bley Griffiths (6 June 2020). "Meet the cast of The Salisbury Poisonings". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ Nancy Tartaglione; Jake Kanter (31 May 2020). "'The Salisbury Poisonings': First Trailer For BBC One's Novichok Drama; Premiere Date Set; Creatives Talk Heroism Of A Community In Crisis". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ Steven McIntosh (14 June 2020). "The Salisbury Poisonings: TV drama revisits Novichok attack 'horror'". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "BBC Two commissions two-part factual drama Salisbury, 17 May 2019". BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Declan Lawn (10 June 2020). "How we made The Salisbury Poisonings". BBC Writers' Room. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "The Salisbury Poisonings heads to the US". fremantle.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Series 1 Episode 1". BBC iPlayer. 14 June 2020.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/the-salisbury-poisonings-ratings?at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=7E7C8446-B61A-11EA-B49B-30BA96E8478F&at_custom3=%40bbcpress&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7
- ^ "Series 1 Episode 2". BBC iPlayer. 14 June 2020.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/the-salisbury-poisonings-ratings?at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=7E7C8446-B61A-11EA-B49B-30BA96E8478F&at_custom3=%40bbcpress&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7
- ^ "Series 1 Episode 3". BBC iPlayer. 14 June 2020.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/the-salisbury-poisonings-ratings?at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=7E7C8446-B61A-11EA-B49B-30BA96E8478F&at_custom3=%40bbcpress&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7
- ^ Lucy Mangan (14 June 2020). "The Salisbury Poisonings review – Novichok drama with lessons for now". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Salisbury Poisonings heads to the US". fremantle.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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