A television film adaptation of Kiszko's story was made and broadcast on ITV in October 1998; "A Life for a Life" was directed by Stephen Whittaker, and featured Tony Maudsley as Kiszko and Olympia Dukakis as his mother Charlotte. A documentary about the case, "Real Crime: The 30 Year Secret", was broadcast by ITV1 on 29 September 2008. In the Channel 4 television series "Red Riding", the character of Michael Myshkin is based on Kiszko, being a simple-minded immigrant who is coerced into confessing the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl before eventually being exonerated. The satirical animated series "Monkey Dust" featured Ivan Dobsky, a character similar to Kiszko, being a simple-minded East European convicted of murder after being tortured by police.