Informer (TV series)

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Informer
Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Rory Haines
  • Sohrab Noshirvani
Directed by Jonny Campbell
Starring
Composer Ilan Eshkeri
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Nicolas Brown
  • Elizabeth Kilgarriff
  • Sam Mendes
  • Julie Pastor
Producer
  • Julian Stevens
Production location London
CinematographyTony Slater Ling
Editors
  • Fiona Colbeck
  • Gareth C. Scales
Running time58–59 minutes
Production company Neal Street Productions
Original release
Network BBC One
Release16 October (2018-10-16) 
20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)

Informer is a British television drama series, created and written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani and produced by Neal Street Productions for the BBC. [1] The six-part series stars Paddy Considine, Bel Powley, Nabhaan Rizwan, and Jessica Raine. [2] The series began broadcasting on BBC One on 16 October 2018. [3]

Contents

Amazon Prime Video agreed to a distribution deal to broadcast the show outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. [4] [5]

In Belgium, Canvas started broadcasting the series on 27 April 2019.

Synopsis

Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a young second-generation British Pakistani man from London who is coerced into informing by Gabe (Paddy Considine), an officer in the (fictional) Counter-Terrorism Special Unit (CTSU). His newfound role in national security leads him into a variety of dangerous situations and alliances, and he struggles to balance his civilian lifestyle as the person that his family knows, with the secrecy and dangers of being a police informer. [1]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"No Sleep Till Brooklyn" Jonny Campbell Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)
2"Strawberry Fields"Jonny CampbellRory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)
3"Charlie Don't Surf"Jonny CampbellRory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)
4"Ruby Tuesday"Jonny CampbellRory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)
5"November Has Come"Jonny CampbellRory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)
6"The Masterplan"Jonny CampbellRory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)

Production

The series was largely filmed on location in London. Raza's home and the fictional nearby "Bridge Town Estate" were primarily filmed at the Thamesmead estate in south-east London as well as the Silverlock Estate in Southwark. [21]

Filming took place at Shadwell railway station in January 2018 and in Brick Lane. The Silver Building, a former Carlsberg-Tetley factory at the Docklands Depot in Silvertown was used as a set for the Counter-Terrorism Special Unit headquarters. The Printworks nightclub in Rotherhithe can be seen in the trailer alongside Delights Hair & Beauty salon on Rye Lane, Peckham. Other locations include Old Crown Courts in Kingston, Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, a restaurant at Fiveways on Sidcup Road in New Eltham and the Thames Clippers ferry. [22]

References

  1. 1 2 "Informer". BBC Writersroom. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. Dowling, Tim (16 October 2018). "Informer review – counter terror drama is gripping and artful … but you'll need to pay attention". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. Jeffries, Stuart (16 October 2018). "Can BBC Informer finally subvert the Muslim stereotype problem on TV?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. Gilbert, Sophie (14 January 2019). "Amazon's 'Informer' Deftly Mines the War on Terror". The Atlantic. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. "Review: Amazon's Informer Is Smart and Captivating". ScreenRant. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. "BBC One - Informer - DS Gabe Waters". BBC.
  7. D'Addario, Daniel (10 January 2019). "TV Review: 'Informer'".
  8. Hale, Mike (10 January 2019). "Review: 'Informer' Finds a Fresh Take on the Terrorism Thriller". The New York Times.
  9. "BBC One - Informer - DC Holly Morten". BBC.
  10. Greene, Steve (11 January 2019). "'Informer' Review: Solid Counterterrorism Drama For Anyone 'Bodyguard' Left Cold".
  11. "BBC One - Informer - Emily Waters". BBC.
  12. "Meet the cast of BBC thriller Informer". Radio Times.
  13. "BBC One - Informer - DCI Rose Asante". BBC.
  14. "BBC One - Informer - Dadir Hassan". BBC.
  15. "Informer, BBC1 review: Another troubled counter-terrorism officer, another boring cliche". The Independent. 23 October 2018.
  16. "BBC One - Informer - Sadia Shar". BBC.
  17. "'Informer': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 January 2019.
  18. "BBC One - Informer - Hanif Shar". BBC.
  19. "BBC One - Informer - Nasir Shar". BBC.
  20. "Belfast's West End star Rachel Tucker lands wicked role in new BBC drama". Belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  21. "Where is Informer filmed in London?". Radio Times.
  22. Mitchell, Molli (16 October 2018). "Informer on BBC location: Where is Informer filmed? Where's it set?". Express.co.uk.