Plot Synopsis

From filmmaker Jed Rothstein, ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDONGRAD is a six-episode documentary series that follows BuzzFeed News investigative reporter Heidi Blake as she follows a tip about the death of a multi-millionaire property tycoon, which leads her to dig into a tangled web that ensnares Russian oligarchs, the U.K. government and Washington D.C and takes in the shocking poisoning of Russian defector and Putin critic Alexander Litvinenko, the suspicious death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who was found dead at his ex-wife's house in Ascot, and the attempted assignation of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal. ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDONGRAD made its U.S. debut on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, as Peacock released all six half-hour episodes.