Nothing Is [bad word] and Everything Is Possible
Episode 1 of 5

In the early 2000s, Peter Pomerantsev (Kiev-born, raised in England; the son [bad word] political exiles) came to Moscow to work in the fast-growing television and film industry. The job gave him first hand access to every nook and [bad word] cranny of the country. 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 (as well as terrible injustices) of Putin's new world order. Including, Oliona, professionally trained 'gold digger', escaping a bleak upbringing in Siberia; Vitaly, gangster-turned-filmmaker who studied his favourite American mafia movies and then made his auto theft crimes the subject of a hit six part drama series; and, Mozhayev, an architectural and urban historian who fights in vain to save what remains of the buildings of the Moscow that existed before the Soviet experiment.

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

First broadcast: 26 Jan 2015 (b0505zw3) [bad word]  [bad word] wall-84750475_7