Human tragedies made into spectacle take centre stage in Jakub Piątek’s Prime Time
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The King of Warsaw: the TV show writing a love letter to Poland’s multicultural past
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Chernobyl nominated in 14 categories at BAFTA
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        This sci-fi thriller has just become the first Russian show on Netflix Originals 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Dystopian drama The Handmaid’s Tale now has a Russian streetwear collab
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        This Airbnb rental is designed to look like a set from HBO’s Chernobyl
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Not just Chernobyl: how New East TV turned to the dark side, with a little help from HBO
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        HBO’s Chernobyl tells a version of Soviet history that’s vital for both Russia and America 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        No escape: Jeremy Clarkson is now causing drama in Georgia
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Watch the teaser for Amazon’s upcoming drama about Russia’s Romanov dynasty
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Chernobyl TV drama starts filming in Lithuania
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Watch the shows lined up for eastern Europe’s first TV festival
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Andrey Zvyagintsev set to direct major Russian TV series with Paramount studios
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        South Korean tourists are flocking to Slovenia to live their favourite TV shows
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Helen Mirren cast as Russia’s Catherine the Great in new TV mini-series
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Controversial film Matilda to be made into television series
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Filming the fifth column: how outspoken director Yuri Bykov’s new TV show landed him in hot water
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Legendary Serbian B92 TV and radio soon to be a thing of the past