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The Salisbury Poisonings
88% on Rotten Tomatoes from 16 reviews. Critics praised the 'admirably restrained' approach and the series' dignified treatment of Dawn Sturgess - the civilian who died after handling the contaminated perfume bottle.
Renewal: Three-part limited series; self-contained dramatisation of a single real-world event. No further seasons planned. (Wikipedia / BBC)
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Season 12020 · 3 eps
14 June 2020
7.8
88%
7.5/10
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BollyMeter 7.888% on Rotten Tomatoes from 16 reviews. Critics praised the 'admirably restrained' approach and the series' dignified treatment of Dawn Sturgess - the civilian who died after handling the contaminated perfume bottle.
Critics 88%Positive across a sample of 16 reviews.
Quoted“A tense, unsettling probe of contagion paranoia, a work that segues smoothly between sober re-creation and body horror.”Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic
Quoted“A thoughtful examination of vulnerability and the heroism of ordinary citizens stepping up when the unthinkable lands at their threshold.”Melanie McFarland, Salon
Quoted“The series serves in particular as a dignified tribute to Dawn Sturgess.”Kylie Northover, The Age
RenewalThree-part limited series; self-contained dramatisation of a single real-world event. No further seasons planned. (Wikipedia / BBC)
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Episode 12020-06-14
The dramatisation opens with the discovery of Sergei and Yulia Skripal on a Salisbury park bench and follows the first responders and public health officials as they begin to understand the scale and nature of what they are dealing with.
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Episode 32020-06-16
The final episode follows the discovery that Dawn Sturgess has been poisoned by the same Novichok - a consequence the original attackers could not have anticipated - and her subsequent death, which the series treats as the drama's moral centre.