{"id":17896,"date":"2022-04-05T02:30:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T02:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:45:02","slug":"itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Commissions Alexander Litvinenko Assassination Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned Firecracker Films to produce the one-hour film <em>Litvinenko: Murder in Mayfair<\/em>, about Russian national Alexander Litvinenko\u2019s assassination on British soil in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The film will give a unique view of his murder, featuring an interview with his wife, marking her first major documentary interview since the European Court of Human Rights ruled that there was outside involvement in his radiation poisoning. It will debut in conjunction with the ITV drama <em>Litvinenko<\/em>, starring David Tennant.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary will take viewers behind the scenes of the high-stakes criminal investigation with the experts who were directly involved as it unfolded. Those interviewed include Assistant Commissioner for the Met Andy Hayman and Police Radiation Protection Advisor James Cairns, who tracked the assassins around London and helped neutralize the biggest civilian nuclear threat in British history.<\/p>\n<p>Also featured are two women who worked around the clock to keep Britain safe: Pat Troop, former CEO of Health Protection Agency, and Jan McClure, team leader of Chilton\u2019s Radiation Metrology Lab. Other experts interviewed are Dr. Nigel Lightfoot, director for emergency response at Health Protection Agency; Dr. Jim Down at University College Hospital (UCH), who performed CPR on Litvinenko; and Sam Abdul, the nurse who treated Litvinenko at UCH.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are really excited to be producing this thrilling investigative murder documentary about Alexander Litvinenko to sit alongside a prestigious ITV drama,\u201d said Kirsty Calvert-Ansari at Firecracker Films. \u201cIn such a populated crime space, this really is a unique crime story of spies and poison on our London streets. Building on from the success of Firecracker&#8217;s <em>Grace Millane: The Social Media Murders<\/em>, which was the highest rated factual program on ITV2 last year, this has been a great production to be part of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned Firecracker Films to produce the one-hour film Litvinenko: Murder in Mayfair, about Russian national Alexander Litvinenko\u2019s assassination on British soil in 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":17897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1687,423],"class_list":["post-17896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-firecracker-films","tag-itv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV Commissions Alexander Litvinenko Assassination Doc - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITV Commissions Alexander Litvinenko Assassination Doc - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ITV has commissioned Firecracker Films to produce the one-hour film Litvinenko: Murder in Mayfair, about Russian national Alexander Litvinenko\u2019s assassination on British soil in 2006.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-05T06:30:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-05T06:45:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/FirecrackerFilms-0422.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/\",\"name\":\"ITV Commissions Alexander Litvinenko Assassination Doc - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-05T06:30:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-05T06:45:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/itv-commissions-alexander-litvinenko-assassination-doc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITV Commissions Alexander Litvinenko Assassination Doc\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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