New Year’s Eve festivities are being broadcast across the country Saturday, from Miami to Los Angeles to the famous Times Square ball drop in New York City.
15.12.2022 - 18:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
David Tennant's new role is worlds away from Doctor Who as he stars in the brand new ITVX Litvinenko.
Tennant will be portraying ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who was fatally poisoned in London in 2006, in the four-part mini-series. The show, which is available to stream on ITVX from Thursday, December 15, follows the police investigation into his murder and his widow Marina's 10-year search for justice.
The trailer saw the Bathgate-born actor, 51, transform into the now-famous image of Litvinenko lying in his hospital bed following his poisoning. Tennant's transformation to recreate the image left him wondering whether or not he was looking at himself or Litvinenko.
But what is the true story behind the chilling case? Here's everything you need to know..
Litvinenko was a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the KGB. In 1998, Litvinenko and several other Russian intelligence officers said they were ordered to kill Boris Berezovsky, a Russian businessman.
After that, the Russian government began to persecute him, so he fled to the UK.
During his time in the UK, Litvinenko worked with British and Spanish intelligence, sharing information about the Russian mafia in Europe and its connections with the Russian government.
As part of this operation, Litvinenko planned to fly to Spain with another former agent, Andrey Lugovoi, but he was never able to go on this trip.
Just days before he was due to head to Spain, Litvinenko met with Lugovoi and another ex-Russian spy – Dmitry Kovtun. The trio had tea at a central London hotel on November 1, 2006, where Litvinenko fell ill shortly after the meeting and was rushed to hospital.
On November 1, 2006, Litvinenko met two businessmen, and fellow ex-KGB
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