External links
- Prime Target at IMDb
| Prime Target | |
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| Genre | Thriller |
| Created by | Steve Thompson |
| Directed by | Brady Hood |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Arthur Sharpe |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
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| Producers |
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| Cinematography | Dan Atherton |
| Editor | Beverley Mills |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Apple TV+ |
| Release | 22 January 2025 – present |
Prime Target is a thriller miniseries created by Steve Thompson and starring Leo Woodall as a mathematician. It premiered on Apple TV+ on 22 January 2025, consisting of 8 episodes.
A post-graduate mathematics student discovers an effort being made to destroy his work in finding a pattern in prime numbers that would allow him to access every computer in the world.
| No. | Title [1] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [1] |
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| 1 | "A New Pattern" | Brady Hood | Steve Thompson | 22 January 2025 |
| 2 | "Syracuse" | Brady Hood | Steve Thompson | 22 January 2025 |
| 3 | "The Sequence" | Brady Hood | Steve Thompson | 29 January 2025 |
| 4 | "Kaplar" | Brady Hood | Steve Thompson | 5 February 2025 |
| 5 | "House of Wisdom" | Brady Hood | Steve Thompson | 12 February 2025 |
| 6 | "The Last Link" | TBA | Steve Thompson | 19 February 2025 |
| 7 | TBA | TBA | Steve Thompson | 26 February 2025 |
| 8 | TBA | TBA | Steve Thompson | 5 March 2025 |
It was announced in February 2024 that Apple TV+ had greenlit the series, created by Steve Thompson. [2]
Principal photography took place in Windsor in May 2023, with other filming locations reported to include London. [3] Filming took place in Cambridge in August 2023. [4]
Prime Target was released on Apple TV+ on 22 January 2025, with the first two episodes available immediately and followed by one episode on a weekly basis until the eighth and final episode on 5 March. [5]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 48% approval rating with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 40 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "(Goofy concept + likable ensemble) ÷ sludgy pacing = an attractive but mediocre globetrotting series." [6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 55 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [7]
