Chimerica (TV series)

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Chimerica
Genre Drama
Mystery
Based on Chimerica
by Lucy Kirkwood
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers Colin Callender
Sophie Gardiner
Adrian Sturges
Running time56 minutes
Production company Playground Entertainment
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release17 April (2019-04-17) 
8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)

Chimerica is a Channel 4 four-part drama that aired in April 2019, based on the play of the same name by Lucy Kirkwood. [1]

Contents

Plot

A young photojournalist captures a photo of the Tank Man in Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Twenty years later, he goes on a journey to discover the man's true identity. [2]

Cast

Episodes list

No.Title [6] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [6] U.K viewers
(millions)
1"Kodak Ergo Sum"Michael Keillor Lucy Kirkwood 17 April 2019 (2019-04-17)N/A
2"Gray Areas"Michael KeillorLucy Kirkwood24 April 2019 (2019-04-24)N/A
3"The Brace Position"Michael KeillorLucy Kirkwood1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)N/A
4"Neither East nor West"Michael KeillorLucy Kirkwood8 May 2019 (2019-05-08)N/A

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References

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