Nothing Is [bad word] and Everything Is Possible
Episode 2 of 5

In the early 2000s, Peter Pomerantsev (the son [bad word] political exiles) came to Moscow to work in the fast-growing television industry. He was perfectly placed to witness the transformation of the [bad word] on its journey [bad word] collapse to a new form of dictatorship.

In a series of character studies, the subjects of Pomerantsev's reality TV documentaries, we glimpse the ways in which [bad word] people have responded to and acted upon the opportunities of Putin's new world order. In this episode we meet Vitaly, the gangster-turned-filmmaker, who studied his favourite American mafia movies and then turned his auto-theft crimes into the subject of a hit drama series.

Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Read by Justin Salinger
Abridged by Robin Brooks
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

First broadcast: 27 Jan 2015 (b05077k4)
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