Channel 4 Commission Litvinenko Documentary

A new documentary looking at the murder of Russian Alexander Litvinenko has been commissioned by Channel 4.

Litvinenko was murdered in London in October 2006 with the rare poison polonium 210. As the whistle-blower on systemic corruption in the Kremlin, Litvinenko became embroiled in a world of international espionage and political conspiracies.

This new 90-minute documentary – Hunting The KGB Killers (w/t) – explore the details of the investigation into Litvinenko's murder through the experiences of Scotland Yard detectives. It will recreate each step of the police investigation, which spanned the UK and Russia and has, to date, remained secret. Now, those involved in the international manhunt for Litvinenko's murderers reveal what went on behind the headlines and how they uncovered an assassination plot that went to the core of the Russian Government.

The film will include contributions from the detectives responsible for both the British and Moscow part of the investigation and the day-to-day running of the case, as well as the doctors treating Litvinenko who battled a mysterious and completely novel toxin, Dame Margaret Beckett, the then Foreign Secretary, Alexander's wife Marina and his son Anatoly.

The investigation, which culminated in a public inquiry in 2015, was one of the most comprehensive investigations by Scotland Yard in UK criminal history.

Hunting the KGB Killers is a True Vision North Production in association with Livedrop Media. Brian Woods is Executive Producer. The one-off documentary has been commissioned for Channel 4 by Rob Coldstream.

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