Based on the true and extraordinary story of Anna Politkovskaya, the courageous Russian newspaper journalist murdered in 2006.

Lizzie Nunnery's drama series looks at five key events from her life with respect to Politkovskaya's work in Chechnya, from 1999 - up to her murder in 2006.

In this opening episode, Anna wants to help evacuate 85 elderly, frail, sick people from an old people's home in war torn Grozny who have been abandoned there by the authorities.

But there is opposition "they could be terrorists disguised as old people" and Anna is advised to pretend she is only going to save the Russians. Meanwhile, her marriage finally breaks apart under the strain.

Anna Politkovskaya...... Anastasia Hille
Dmitry Muratov ..... Conrad Nelson
Elena Kudimova..... Fiona Clarke
Maka ..... Christine Cox
Lucia ....... Pauline Jefferson
Ivan Bogomolov ..... Max Bollinger
Alexander Politkovsky...... Andrew Byron

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014. Show less