{"id":21895,"date":"2024-08-27T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-two-slates-the-zelensky-story-premiere\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T14:59:43","slug":"bbc-two-slates-the-zelensky-story-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-two-slates-the-zelensky-story-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Two Slates The Zelensky Story Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Zelensky Story<\/em>, charting Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s journey from young actor and entertainer to President of Ukraine, is slated to premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on September 4.<\/p>\n

The series, filmed over several trips to Ukraine, features rare access to Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, who speak in unguarded terms about their lives. It also features interviews with their family, their inner circle, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former U.K. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the president of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

It combines exclusive interviews with archive footage that has never been broadcast in the U.K. before to shed new light on the origins of the war in Ukraine and the two men at its center\u2014Vladimir Putin and Zelensky.<\/p>\n

The three-part docuseries was produced by 72 Films in partnership with the OU and was directed by Michael Waldman.<\/p>\n

\u201cZelensky is now arguably the most significant figure on the world stage,\u201d Waldman said. \u201cHe is at the epicenter of the 21st century\u2019s most important political and military storm\u2014a war which inevitably affects us all. On top of that, his personal story is quite simply extraordinary. Who could be a more fascinating person to get to know?<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope viewers will get a real insight into the fascinating personalities of both the President and the First Lady. They both seemed to open up in ways that they never have before. And personality is important. Zelensky is the subject of unimaginable pressures\u2014and no little criticism. Who really is he? It\u2019s a question that matters to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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