Litvinenko (TV series)
A dramatisation of the fight for justice after a 2006 poisoning.
Litvinenko is a 2022 British television mini-series that dramatises the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in London. The four-part programme stars David Tennant as Litvinenko and Margarita Levieva as his wife Marina. It was produced by Tiger Aspect for ITVX and premiered on 15 December 2022.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Drama
- Writer
- George Kay
- Director
- Jim Field Smith
- Starring
- David Tennant
- Mark Bonnar
- Margarita Levieva
- Neil Maskell
- Composer
- Gabriel Prokofiev
- Language
- English
- Episodes
- 4
- Executive producers
- Patrick Spence
- Josephine Zapata Genetay
- Lucy Bedford
- George Kay
- Jim Field Smith
- David Tennant
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Did You Know?
- On Rotten Tomatoes, Litvinenko holds a 64% approval rating.
- David Tennant was nominated in the Best Actor category at the 2023 TV Choice Awards for his work on the series.
- Samantha Kininmonth and Suzi Battersby were nominated in the Best Make Up Design - Scripted category at the 2023 Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards.
Production
In September 2021 David Tennant and Margarita Levieva were announced to play Alexander and Marina Litvinenko for ITV and Nordic Entertainment Group, with a script by George Kay and Tiger Aspect producing. Jim Field Smith was named director; Neil Maskell and Mark Bonnar were cast as police officers who interviewed Litvinenko in hospital. Tennant met Marina Litvinenko and said he felt a responsibility to her, noting the story's relevance. Filming took place in London from October 2021.
Broadcast
In March 2022 the project was announced as part of the new ITVX streaming service launching in the UK. By October 2022 it had been sold to over 80 international markets, including Seven Network in Australia, Viaplay in the Nordics, Netherlands, Poland and the Baltics, TVNZ in New Zealand, AMC+ in the US, and Amazon Prime Video in Canada. The series premiered on ITVX on 15 December 2022.
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