5 episodes

It's November 2006 and piano player Derek Conlon is unwittingly sucked into one of the world’s most notorious assassinations when ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is attacked with the nuclear poison — Polonium 210, in London’s 5-Star Millennium Hotel. Witness, suspect and possibly a target of the Russia state, Derek Conlon’s fate hangs in the balance. From Sky News StoryCast.

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    • 3.6 • 107 Ratings

It's November 2006 and piano player Derek Conlon is unwittingly sucked into one of the world’s most notorious assassinations when ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is attacked with the nuclear poison — Polonium 210, in London’s 5-Star Millennium Hotel. Witness, suspect and possibly a target of the Russia state, Derek Conlon’s fate hangs in the balance. From Sky News StoryCast.

    PART 4: The Reckoning

    PART 4: The Reckoning

    With relations between London and Moscow deteriorating, Derek Conlon escapes to a new life, but destiny and the nuclear poison appear to have decided his fate.

    Narrated by Diana Magnay. Written and produced by Robert Mulhern.
    Production support by Chris Scott, and Dave Terris. Musical credit: "Olive" by Jake Chudnow, Original instrumentals by Derek Conlon. Digital by Phil Whiteside and Ronan Hughes. Legal support by Matt McKenzie. Graphics and Design by Matt Simpson and Sophia Leale. Continuity announcement -- Kit Bradshaw. Video by Alex Marshall and Cat Roper Davies. Social Media support from Adam Tate. Archive from Simon Windsor and thanks to former Moscow Correspondent Alex Rossi.

    • 32 min
    PART 3: Victims and suspects

    PART 3: Victims and suspects

    As one of the biggest police investigations in British history gets underway, Derek Conlon is astonished to learn that he too has been poisoned. But having crossed into the world of espionage, that’s only the beginning of his problems.

    Episode 4 released Monday August 3, 2020.

    Narrated by Diana Magnay. Written and produced by Robert Mulhern. Production support by Chris Scott, and Dave Terris. Original Music by Derek Conlon. Digital by Phil Whiteside and Ronan Hughes. Legal support by Matt McKenzie. Graphics and Design by Matt Simpson and Sophia Leale. Continuity announcement by Kit Bradshaw. Video by Alex Marshall and Cat Roper Davies. Social Media support from Adam Tate. Archive from Simon Windsor and thanks to former Moscow Correspondent Alex Rossi.

    • 28 min
    PART 2: The Poisoning

    PART 2: The Poisoning

    A former KGB agent takes us deep into the world of the Russian spies who have just poisoned Alexander Litvinenko and piano player Derek Conlon using a miniature nuclear weapon.
    (Episode 3 released 27th July).
    Narrated by Diana Magnay.
    Produced by Robert Mulhern

    • 23 min
    PART 1: A Nuclear Connection

    PART 1: A Nuclear Connection

    Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is lured by Russian agents to a meeting in a 5-star London hotel. What happens next will change his life, the relationship between the UK and Russia, and suck the hotel's piano player Derek Conlon into a world of espionage and murder.
    (Episode 2 released Monday 20 July).
    Narrated by Diana Magnay.
    Produced by Robert Mulhern

    • 27 min
    Introducing...Polonium & the Piano Player

    Introducing...Polonium & the Piano Player

    Two Russian agents release a miniature nuclear weapon in a 5-star London hotel. But former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is not the only victim?
    From Sky News StoryCast.

    • 2 min

Customer Reviews

3.6 out of 5
107 Ratings

107 Ratings

Simin 66 ,

Almost interesting

Not learnt anything new about the important events only about the piano player. This is OK but has wetted their appetite.

ParisOnThames ,

The non-starting story

It’s probably interesting but you have to tell a story! And repeating again and again that the story is about to start is just boring. All the flashbacks right at the beginning is bad story telling.

Moonlitvioletta ,

Completely Riveting Expose (accent on the last e of expose)

This is an incredible investigation, uncovering all that happened behind the tragic murder of Litvinenko. The story is told with witnesses & agents themselves revealing so much about this harrowing event. It is beautifully made & presented. It seems other reviewers here don’t like the truth being revealed, which is very odd. Try it, by episode three you’ll be hooked.

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