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The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door

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Through firsthand testimony from senior intelligence leaders, journalists and victims, this film details the events of the 2018 Novichok nerve agent attack that transformed a quiet English city into the epicenter of a geopolitical crisis.

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Jack Seale Guardian Aug 6, 2026
4/5
A not quite comprehensive but still nicely busy feature length documentary that offers a compendium of ways in which the Salisbury attack was fascinating and deeply strange. Go to Full Review Stephen Silver The SS Ben Hecht Sep 3, 2026
This is a pretty straightforward but somewhat inert doc about a spy poisoning case involving Vladimir Putin. Go to Full Review John Serba Decider Aug 14, 2026
The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door leaves us wanting a little more in-depth analysis, but as a Wikipedia-style narrative catch-all, it’s a nicely informative condensing of events. Go to Full Review Eilis O'Hanlon Irish Independent Aug 6, 2026
The real challenge is that there are still so many aspects of the official narrative that are baffling or incomplete, but presumably cannot be revealed for security reasons. Perhaps they never will. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Dan Vernon

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Alex Brisland

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Synopsis Through firsthand testimony from senior intelligence leaders, journalists and victims, this film details the events of the 2018 Novichok nerve agent attack that transformed a quiet English city into the epicenter of a geopolitical crisis.
Director
Dan Vernon
Producer
Alex Brisland
Distributor
CNN Films
Production Co
Passion Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 13, 2026
Runtime
1h 19m
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