The Salisbury Poisonings

Synopsis

In March 2018 Salisbury became the site of an unprecedented national emergency. This three-part dramatisation focuses on the extraordinary heroism shown by the local community.

First Air Date: 2020-06-14

Last Air Date: 2020-06-16

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Anne-Marie Duff as Tracy Daszkiewicz
Rafe Spall as DS Nick Bailey
MyAnna Buring as Dawn Sturgess
Judah Cousin as Toby Daszkiewicz
Annabel Scholey as Sarah Bailey
Sophia Ally as Gracie Sturgess
Johnny Harris as Charlie Rowley
Nigel Lindsay as DCC Paul Mills
Stella Gonet as Caroline Sturgess
Kiera Thompson as Annie Bailey

Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

The Novichok poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter sends ripples through Salisbury and the lives of its townsfolk.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2020-06-14)

4 March 2018. Emergency services descend on Salisbury’s city centre where they find Sergei and Yulia Skripal unconscious on a park bench.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2020-06-15)

Continuing to fight for the resources necessary to contain the contamination, and realising the scale of the task ahead, Tracy needs to move out of her family home and into her office, to the dismay of her husband and son.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2020-06-16)

Several months later, the city is starting to forget and heal - until a scavenged perfume bottle leads to tragic consequences for Dawn and Charlie.