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Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) stars in this BBC thriller as a reclusive mathematician who gets ensnared in a global mystery. Set in the near future, it "grapple[s] with the balance between liberty and security in the age of terrorism...pull[ing] the audience along toward a taut, crackerjack ending" (Variety). Max Beesley (Hotel Babylon) and Robert Carlyle (Once Upon a Time) co-star.

Thriller · 2009 · 1 hr 25 min

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch , Anamaria Marinca , Max Beesley

Director Iain B. MacDonald

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Returning to England for his brother's funeral, Stephen Ezard (Benedict Cumberbatch) falls in love with his brother's widow, Yasim (Anamaria Marinca), becomes a pawn in a government surveillance scheme, and is pursued by a crazed rogue agent (Robert Carlyle).

1 hr 21 min · Oct 12, 2008
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Noted microbiologists are dying at an alarming rate as Stephen tries to learn the cause of death of the beautiful woman found in his apartment. Yasim suspects that her late husband, Michael, stumbled on the secret before being blown up by a landmine in Afghanistan.

52 min · Oct 19, 2008
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Stephen and Yasim join forces with rogue agent Russell to get to the bottom of a bio-weapons conspiracy that may be connected to a government surveillance program called Total Information Awareness (TIA).

53 min · Oct 26, 2008
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Stephen and Yasim try to find the truth about a mysteriously contaminated hepatitis B vaccine. Stephen ends up stripped of his identity and homeless.

52 min · Nov 2, 2008
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Sent to retrieve blood samples from refugees dying from the contaminated vaccine, Stephen has a startling revelation that sends him racing to expose the truth before all evidence is destroyed.

52 min · Nov 9, 2008