Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 19m. Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment2025
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The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door2026
| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Dan Vernon |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | – |
Synopsis
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door
The story begins in March 2018, when former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapse on a park bench in Salisbury, England – a quaint, historic city where nothing normally happens. But what starts as a local incident explodes into a geopolitical crisis, which exposes the covert espionage war being raged between Russia and the West. A cinematic portrait of loyalty and betrayal and a story that resonates amid…
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