Poisoned to punish
What's on TV|December 10, 2022
David Tennant plays real-life Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered in London…
Poisoned to punish

In November 2006, the image of Alexander Litvinenko lying in a hospital bed after being poisoned with polonium-210 shocked the world.

Vladimir Putin is widely rumoured to have ordered the Russian defector’s death, and now a four-part ITVX drama, starring David Tennant, tells his story.

This story is from the December 10, 2022 edition of What's on TV.

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