Hunting the KGB Killers
Alexander Litvinenko, a former officer of the Russian secret service, died in London in 2006 from poisoning by radioactive polonium. This film reveals for the first time the remarkable details of the Scotland Yard investigation into Alexander Litvinenko’s murder by Russian agents, and how he helped the police on his deathbed. Combining first hand testimony from key witnesses, with first class dramatisation of key events and never-before-seen archive, this film shows how the Russian Secret Service so nearly got away with murder, and demonstrates the ramifications that are still being played out today.
Marina Litvinenko and producer, Richard Kerbaj on BBC Breakfast.
RUNTIME:
70 Minutes
PRODUCER:
Richard Kerbaj
DIRECTOR:
Chris Malone
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Alex Holmes
Brian Woods
RELEASED:
2017
Awards
Highly Commended Investigative Documentary
AIB Awards 2018
Reviews
"A fantastic detective story"
Martin Hoyle - Financial Times
"Documentary makers are bringing the full story to the world in a new programme"
Nola Ojomu - The Sun
"Speaking ahead of a documentary out tomorrow, ex-Scotland Yard deputy commissioner Peter Clarke says the lingering impact of the “state-sponsored murder” is still being felt"
Tom Parry - The Mirror
"The truth behind that shocking photo of Alexander Litvinenko FINALLY revealed in Hunting The KGB Killers"
Hayley Minn - The Mirror
"Police investigating the murder of Alexander Litvinenko were wrongly told they would likely develop cancer from polonium poisoning after a test results error."
James Fielding - The Express
"A gripping and timely insight into the dark side of Putin’s post-Soviet superpower"
Michael Hogan - The Telegraph
"If hunting the KGB Killers sounded like a dodgy airport novel from the Seventies, then the events it described belonged in one even more."
Matt Baylis - The Express
"Toxic tea, a lethal umbrella... the KGB love a very British murder "
Christopher Stephens - Daily Mail
"The level of first-hand detail in this retelling of the murder of Alexander Litvinenko succeeded in making it gripping all over again"
James Jackson - The Times
"The Human faces behind espionage and intrigue"
Sarah Hughes, i News
"A KGB thriller more outrageous than a fictional spy movie"
Rebecca Nicholson-The Guardian
"Bitter taste of espionage"
Matt Baylis-Daily Express
"This fascinating, disturbing documentary...follows the polonium trail left in London by two Russian FSB agents. Both are believed to have acted on the direct orders of Vladimir Putin, but neither has been brought to justice."
Alison Graham- Radio Times
"it makes me angry that after 17 years, Putin is still there. People don't like to learn lessons"
The Daily Telegraph
"After years of silence the former Met officers who investigated the poisoning reveal how the Kremlin blocked and intimidated them"
The Sunday Times
"Met's Litvinenko inquiry foiled by Russian tricks"
The Times