8/23/2023 0 Comments Cast of aftermath 2021 castAlthough set in southeast London, The Tower was predominantly filmed in northwest England, with a week spent in London during post-production doing pick-up shots, particularly of the City of London skyline. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented Harbinson from doing the usual thorough location searches, and he had to rely on images being Dropboxxed to him from around the country. It was directed by Jim Loach and developed for television by Sly Fox Productions. Several different scenarists were considered before Patrick Harbinson, who had previously co-produced the Showtime series Homeland, was chosen as both writer and executive producer. It was produced and edited by Paul Testar and Gez Morris respectively. The show was commissioned by ITV and produced in three 50-minute episodes by Mammoth Screens-a subsidiary of ITV-and Windhover Films, owned by Harbinson. However, he is protected by his superior, DCI Tim Baillie, until the last series. His relationship with the DSI team becomes increasingly fractious, and Collins suspects him of knowing far more about Adama's disappearance than he is letting on. Kieran Shaw is Adama's and Matthews' immediate superior and has been engaging in an extramarital affair with the former. Constable Matthews, a veteran cop of the old school, aspires to become a police training officer. PC Lizzie Adama is a newly qualified rookie, having been in the MPS for six months. Ed Cumming of The Independent, summarises her as "a single, gay, childless cop: it’s made to look like a thankless gig". The Telegraph suggested that she displayed a "rigid attention to detail at work that masks a sadness in her personal life, which seems to be represented by a signature anorak that is the colour of a dying autumn leaf". Characters Ĭlockwise from top: Gemma Whelan, Nabil Elouahabi, Tahirah Sharif, Emmett J Scanlan, Jimmy AkingbolaĭS Collins-described by The Guardian 's Hollie Richardson as "a heavy-sighing, perma-frown primetime detective" and an "outlier and an outsider" -is a Detective Sergeant from the Directorate of Special Investigations. Karl Davies had previously appeared in Kingdom, Emmerdale, Happy Valley, Brief Encounters, and Chernobyl, while The Tower was Lola Elsokari's and Rex Parry's first television roles. Scanlan and Nick Holder were both in Peaky Blinders, while Nabil Elouhabi has had parts in Deep State, His Dark Materials and Only Fools and Horses. Jimmy Akingbola had roles in Kate & Koji and Holby City, Emmett J. Tahirah Sharif was previously seen in The Haunting of Bly Manor and played minor characters in soaps such as Waterloo Road and Casualty. Gemma Whelan is probably best known as her character Yara Greyjoy in the HBO series Game of Thrones Collins is her first primetime lead character. Karl Davies as Detective Chief Inspector Tim Baillie.Criticisms were also made, particularly of the sound engineering, which was accused of muffling the spoken dialogue on occasion.Ī second series, entitled "Death Message" will debut in August 2023. The show received generally favourable reviews, with positive comparisons being made by critics to fellow police corruption drama Line of Duty Whelan's acting was considered a highlight. Patrick Harbinson acted as both screenwriter and executive producer. The first series of The Tower was broadcast over three 50-minute episodes in November 2021. When Constable Lizzie Adama-one of the only witnesses-disappears soon after, Collins' investigation becomes two-pronged: what happened on the roof, and finding Adama.Īlthough the series is set in southeast London, it was mostly filmed in the northwest of England, particularly Liverpool and Manchester. The first series follows the aftermath of the deaths of a veteran Metropolitan Police officer and a young Libyan girl who fell together from the roof of a London tower block. Set in London, it stars Gemma Whelan as police officer Sarah Collins, initially from the fictional DSI department. The Tower is a British police procedural television series based on Kate London's Metropolitan trilogy book series.
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