The Salisbury Poisonings

The Salisbury Poisonings
GenreCrime Drama
Written by
  • Adam Patterson
  • Declan Lawn
Directed bySaul Dibb
Starring
Music byRael Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3 (as first shown)
Production
ProducerKaren Lewis
Running time55 minutes
Production companyDancing Ledge Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release14 June (2020-06-14) –
16 June 2020 (2020-06-16)
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The Salisbury Poisonings is a fact-based drama television series, starring Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall and Annabel Scholey[1][2] which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisonings and decontamination crisis in Salisbury, England, and the subsequent Amesbury poisonings. The series was broadcast in three parts on BBC One in June 2020,[3] and has been shown in four parts elsewhere. It was created by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn[4] for Dancing Ledge Productions.[5]

  1. ^ Griffiths, Eleanor Bley (6 June 2020). "Meet the cast of The Salisbury Poisonings". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy; Kanter, Jake (31 May 2020). "'The Salisbury Poisonings': First Trailer For BBC One's Novichok Drama; Premiere Date Set; Creatives Talk Heroism Of A Community In Crisis". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  3. ^ McIntosh, Steven (14 June 2020). "The Salisbury Poisonings: TV drama revisits Novichok attack 'horror'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ "BBC Two commissions two-part factual drama Salisbury, 17 May 2019". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. ^ Patterson, Adam; Lawn, Declan (10 June 2020). "How we made The Salisbury Poisonings". BBC Writers' Room. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.