In the 1980s Vladimir Pozner, once dubbed "Ivan the Telegenic", became the second-most celebrated communist in the west. Carrying Gorbachev's message to western television screens, he intrigued and troubled millions of viewers. But who is he, this unrepentant propagandist and ex-Soviet correspondent, who is now a talk-show host in America? Arena follows him over a dramatic year and explores the contradictions in his extraordinary life.