Series 1 Previews. The Tower 3 episodes. The other problem for me was Robert Carlyle, an excellent actor, but was he a good guy or a bad guy? I'm embarrassed to say I never figured it out. Otherwise, the story is chilling because it's becoming true. And the performances - Cumberbatch is perfection as a man forced into reality and absolutely terrified.
I don't think I've ever seen a male character in anything act this frightened, but it is right on. He had great chemistry with Marinca, who did a fine job as well. Definitely worth seeing, though your attention may drift from time to time. This could have been a fantastic miniseries if it had been put together just a little better. Very thought-provoking nonetheless.
Details Edit. Release date October 5, United States. United Kingdom Romania United States. BBC United Kingdom. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour. Related news. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Plot Set in a near-future United Kingdom beset by terrorism and illegal immigration , it features the introduction of "TIA" Total Information Awareness , a centralised database that can be used to track and monitor anybody effectively by putting all available government information in one place.
The story is told through the eyes of a mathematical genius who is portrayed as a recluse and showing some signs of OCD. The final episode then has a plot twist in which this apparent virus is shown to be in fact an ethnicity-specific side-effect of an experiment in producing an internal, injected and unfakeable bio-tag, a side-effect which affects Arabs but not Caucasians and so to avoid international scandal has had to be shut down.
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving. Max Beesley Michael Ezard. Robert Carlyle David Russell.
David Harewood Patrick Nye. Christopher Fulford George Gibbon. Peter Berry Writer. Gub Neal Producer. Related Links Also on bbc.
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