Station:
Channel 4 (GB)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2020-03-23
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An exploration of how Vladimir Putin deployed his knowledge of spy-craft as a politician, and how modern Russia evolved through an acute sense of betrayal, pride and anger.
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S1E1 - The Rise of Putin
An exploration of how Vladimir Putin deployed his knowledge of spy-craft as a politician, and how modern Russia evolved through an acute sense of betrayal, pride and anger.
Air Date: 23 Mar 2020 16:00 (CDT)
S1E2 - Enemies and Traitors
This second instalment finds Putin arriving in the Kremlin as an unknown president whom the Russian oligarchs hope to control, and charts how he gained a powerful stronghold over all affairs of state.
Air Date: 30 Mar 2020 15:00 (CDT)
S1E3 - Putin Forever
The final instalment of the documentary opens in Salisbury with the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, before tracking back to see how Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency in 2012 after a four-year absence was greeted by furious protests and accusations of corruption, as well as American sanctions. The programme also looks at Putin's decision to annex Crimea and launch a war in eastern Ukraine and Russia's interference in politics on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Middle East.
Air Date: 06 Apr 2020 16:00 (CDT)