Litvinenko

I wish to make a toast.

But...

..er, it is important I do this in English.

..er, it is important I do this in English.

Because today...

..after six years of waiting,

we receive letter from UK government.

Now, we call ourselves...

British family.

British family!

British family!

Anatoli, bed in five minutes!

Mum, come on! The game is almost finished.

Uh-uh.

Oh...!

Marina!

Sasha?

Yes, sir, I think there was a fair bit of back and forth about this.

Yes, sir, of course.

Yes, I did try, sir. But as you can imagine...

Yes, sir.

Sorry, mate. 20 minutes, tops.

Absolutely. Yes, sir.

Absolutely. Yes, sir.

Yes, I did see that.

The boss has got the hump.

We have got better things to be doing, apparently.

I mean, why's this not a Counter Terrorism job?

That's what I'm asking. Counter Terrorism don't want it

because they don't deal with homicides.

Homicide don't want it... Because nobody's actually dead.

Because nobody's actually dead, yeah.

But the real reason nobody wants it...

..is because they all think the man's lost his marbles.

..is because they all think the man's lost his marbles.

Do we think that? Well, I can't speak for you, Jim.

But I'd say, let's meet the guy first, judge for ourselves.

Ah, hi, there.

We're here to see a Mr Carter.

Mr Edwin Carter.

It's, er, the one who thinks he's been poisoned.

He's down the end. Thanks.

Two minutes. Yeah.

Mrs Carter?

Detective, this is...

..a big moment for us.

My husband, er, was worried nobody was taking this seriously.

Well, we are here now, Mrs Carter.

He wants...

..the whole world to know what has happened.

You understand? Mm-hm.

Are you OK, Mrs Carter?

My husband is...

..ill.

And this means I am also ill.

We're together in life.

And he'll talk to us right now?

Er...

The doctors...

I know they do not believe him.

I know they do not believe him.

But they do not understand.

OK.

Mr Carter...

I'm Detective Inspector Brent Hyatt of the Specialist Crime Directorate.

This is Detective Sergeant Jim Dawson.

Detective...

..I need to report a murder.

Whose murder?

Mine.

Mine.

Today, yes, I am alive, of course. I can stand.

But tomorrow?

No.

Tomorrow... I will be tired.

In two days?

Hm... worse, very weak.

In three days.

Or maybe it takes four days.

How can you know that?

The number of days, I mean.

If you have been poisoned, as you say,

If you have been poisoned, as you say,

how can you be so specific?

I know how this happen.

I know when. I know why.

Detective...

I explain to you my story...

..before it is too late.

Well, if he is a nutter,

then he's the most level-headed nutter that I've ever come across.

And I've met a few. Yeah.

OK, look...

We take his statement. Hear him out.

There they are.

Who's in charge here, please?

Look, I'm gonna put this as politely as I can.

You need to go.

The man we're speaking to... The man you're speaking to

is seriously ill. That's the beginning and end of it.

He's saying that he's been poisoned.

He's saying that he's been poisoned.

People say all sorts of things.

That doesn't mean we don't take them seriously.

Oh, we've taken him very seriously.

We've tested him for several toxins, including thallium,

which is what he's convinced he's been poisoned with.

But we just can't stand it up.

And his hair loss?

Likely a reaction to the antibiotics.

I'm going to take his statement.

It's midnight. I appreciate that.

Good.

Then, for the sake of the other patients,

if that's what you insist on doing, at least wait till the morning.

if that's what you insist on doing, at least wait till the morning.

You're sure that will be possible? How do you mean, sorry?

Can you give me your personal guarantee

that Mr Carter will be alive in the morning

in order to give us his statement?

If you can, then, fine, we'll come back first thing.

If not...

..with respect, we'll crack on.

Mrs Carter, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the room.

The time is 00:08

on the 18th of November, 2006.

I am Detective Inspector Brent Hyatt.

Also present are... Detective Sergeant Jim Dawson.

And...

Edwin, erm, if you could just state your name, please, for the tape.

My name...

Er, my name is not Edwin Carter.

This name I use for protection.

This name I use for protection.

Erm, so what is your name?

For this statement to be worth anything,

we need to know who we're speaking to.

My name is Alexander Litvinenko.

I am former FSB officer.

In Russia, I have...

..a senior job.

Er, Deputy Head of Section Seven.

Section Seven?

Top secret department.

Top secret department.

Er...

This job is simple job.

This job is to kill.

Your job was to kill?

Yes. Who?

Enemies of Russian state.

Er...

They give me list. Er, they give me names.

Ask me to organise.

That's why I am here today.

Because you killed people? No, because I refuse.

Because you killed people? No, because I refuse.

This job is not human.

This job is corruption job.

Corruption in the law, and...

..corruption, er...

..here, inside.

Er, when we arrive to London,

I write book about...

..Russia, about corruption.

And when I write this book...

..they're very angry with me.

..they're very angry with me.

They... They come find me.

They want kill me.

And because you wrote that book, you became a target?

Yes, because I tell truth.

Because...

..I am troublemaker.

And you have...?

Do you have any idea who may have made this order?

Yes, I know the man who make order for this.

The man who says I must die...

..I know this person. You have a name?

..I know this person. You have a name?

This man was head of FSB.

Was?

Before, yes. Not any more.

What is his name, Edwin?

Let's, er... Let's start with a name.

His name is Vladimir Putin.

Morning, Floppy Morning, guv.

It is being billed as the celebrity wedding of the year.

It is being billed as the celebrity wedding of the year.

An A-list of stars has gathered in Rome

for the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.

The ceremony is expected to take place today...

We have a Russian friend in London.

Alex Goldfarb.

He arrange for a photographer to come to the hospital.

He says we need...

publicity... for Sasha.

Sasha? Erm...

Alexander.

Alexander.