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Season 1 – The Tower

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A long-serving cop in the Met and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a London tower block; left alive on its roof are a five-year-old boy and rookie officer Lizzie Griffiths.
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Critics Reviews

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Debi Enker The Age (Australia) 01/20/2022
4/5
Directed by Jim Loach (son of Ken), the series opens out to depict a neighbourhood dispute and a composed and capable investigator determined to unravel the truth about the tragedy. Go to Full Review Ed Cumming Independent (UK) 12/15/2021
3/5
[Director Jim Loach's] work here is solid, firework-free but also without the flabbiness that can hold back some police programmes. Go to Full Review Anne Brodie What She Said 12/15/2021
A special shoutout to Whelan a renowned British comedienne, dancer and actor, as a dour Collins fighting multiple battles including misogyny, bigotry against LGBTQ+, and crime, and keeps it together on the job. Go to Full Review Joel Keller Decider 12/09/2021
The Tower does a good job of telling its central mystery without a lot of filler, and Whelan's performance as Collins is both intense and emotional. Go to Full Review Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 11/19/2021
The drama's strength lay in its subtlety. Big issues, among them misogyny and racism in the Met, were explored but not in a poke-you-in-the-chest kind of way. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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ALAN B @MacRotten May 28 Excellent series...great British drama....highly recommended.. See more Andrei D @RT74856639 10/30/2024 Whelan really delivers and the plot is pretty well developed, with some solid modern touches See more John C @john120 10/04/2024 I wanted to like it, but the stereotypes were over the top. See more Joe C @JoeCoffee 12/08/2023 Well-written series with a stellar cast. Thought they might go the sex trafficking international conspiracy route, but they chose a smaller scale and more interesting angle. First season was too fast-paced; the editing and dialogue was trampled and nearly unintelligible (despite subtitles). A new director was brought on for Season 2 and a better pace was established. Can't wait for season 3. See more Larry T @Kowalski1975 09/12/2023 Excellent twisty Brit-cop mystery drama. Enjoyed every minute. See more Peter M @RT59199754 09/03/2023 Great British thriller crime series. Thoroughly enjoyable! See more Read all reviews
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Gemma Whelan

DS Sarah Collins

Tahirah Sharif

PC Lizzie Adama

Jimmy Akingbola

DC Steve Bradshaw

Emmett Scanlan

DI Kieran Shaw

Lola Elsokari

Farah Mehenni

Nick Holder

PC Hadley Matthews

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 8, 2021 Detectives Sarah Collins and Steve Bradshaw investigate the deaths of the long-serving police officer Hadley Matthews and the 15-year-old Libyan refugee Farah Mehenni, who both fell from the roof of Portland Tower in south-east London. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 9, 2021 Lizzie remains on the run; Sarah finally persuades her boss to go public about Lizzie's disappearance, and then makes a series of discoveries about the events that led up to the Portland Tower fall that further complicate the case. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 10, 2021 Lizzie decides to turn herself in, but first she meets Kieran Shaw in secret, who tries to persuade her not to implicate herself; when Sarah finally interviews Lizzie, the explosive truth about the fatal night on the roof of the tower emerges. Details

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Season Info

Director
Jim Loach
Executive Producer
Patrick Harbinson, Karen Thrussell, Damien Timmer
Screenwriter
Patrick Harbinson
Network
BritBox
Genre
Drama, Crime
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Nov 8, 2021