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TV tonight: A forensic examination of Russian interference in the 2016 US election

Cybersecurity ops and Russian trolls open up to Alex Gibney in a disturbing two-part documentary. Plus: More twisted parlour games from Taskmaster Greg Davies. Here’s what to watch this evening

A timely look at the vexed question of possible Russian interference in the 2016 US election. Alex Gibney’s two-part documentary hears from everyone from cybersecurity operatives to self-proclaimed Russian trolls and, along the way, poses any number of scary questions. Not least of them: isn’t the endlessly contested issue of Russian influence in itself an indication of America’s entrenched division and vulnerability to external manipulation? And how much has really changed in the last four years? Phil Harrison

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