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The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door (2026)

The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door (2026)

Documentary
Release Date: 2026, March 14
Directors: Daniel Vernon
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Passion Pictures, CNN Films, Propagate Content, West Buttermilk
Cast: Amber Rudd, Theresa May, Christo Grozev, Neil Basu, Richard Dearlove, Meg Edgar, Charlie Rowley, John Sawers, Mark Sedwill

Overview:

The story begins in March 2018, when former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapse on a park bench in Salisbury, England – a quaint, historic city where nothing normally happens. But what starts as a local incident explodes into a geopolitical crisis, which exposes the covert espionage war being raged between Russia and the West. A cinematic portrait of loyalty and betrayal and a story that resonates amid ongoing tensions with Russia, the documentary explores the collision of two men: Sergei Skripal and Vladimir Putin, the dictator determined to settle an old score by sending assassins to Salisbury armed with the deadly nerve agent Novichok.