Alexander Litvinenko Told the Police He Was Poisoned Moments Before He Died

The moment dying Vladimir Putin critic Alexander Litvinenko told police he had been poisioned is recreated in the trailer for a new ITVX drama that his real-life widow says keeps his 'voice alive'.

Former Russian federal security services and KGB officer and outspoken critic of the Russian President, Litvinenko died in agony in November 2006 after ingesting a rare radioactive substance.

The first look into an upcoming ITVX miniseries on the poisoning shows David Tennant transformed into Russian defector Litvinenko, lying in a hospital bed before his death.

The trailer opens with Dr Who star Tennant, playing Litvinenko, telling police officers at the University College Hospital's intensive care unit - 'I need to report a murder.' When they ask him 'who's murder,' he responds 'mine.'

Litvinenko's story is being kept in the public eye by the new drama due to air next month, in which Russian-American actress Margarita Levieva will star as his wife.

His real-life widow Marina told the Metro her husband's name is shown in the dramatisation, in articles and says 'while Sasha is not physically alive his voice is still alive.'