David Tennant To Star As Alexander Litvinenko In New ITV Drama

David Tennant is to star as the former Russian Federal Security Services and KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, in a new drama commissioned by ITV and the Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group). The four-part series, Litvinenko, focuses on the officer’s death, from polonium poisoning in November 2006, and the subsequent criminal investigation, one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police. Litvinenko was written by acclaimed screenwriter George Kay (Lupin, Criminal) to tell the story of the determined Scotland Yard Officers, many of whom supported the drama’s production, who worked for ten years to prove who was responsible. It also focuses upon the story of Marina, played by Margarita Levieva (The Deuce, The Blacklist), Alexander’s fearless, dignified widow who fought tirelessly to persuade the British Government to publicly name her husband’s killers and acknowledge the role of the Russian State in his murder. George Kay says, “In