Temple | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Mark O'Rowe |
Based on | Valkyrien by Erik Richter Strand |
Starring | Mark Strong Carice Van Houten Daniel Mays |
Composer | Matthew Herbert |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Liza Marshall Mark O'Rowe Mark Strong |
Producer | Barney Reisz |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Hera Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | |
Release | 13 September 2019 – 9 December 2021 |
Temple is a British medical crime drama television series. Created by Mark O'Rowe, and starring Mark Strong, Carice Van Houten and Daniel Mays, [1] [2] it is based on the Norwegian drama Valkyrien , and premiered 13 September 2019 on Sky One.
On 1 November 2019, Sky renewed Temple for a second series, [3] which began airing on 28 October 2021.
In a labyrinth of abandoned service tunnels below Temple Underground Station, Daniel Milton (Mark Strong), a highly respected surgeon, runs an illegal medical clinic that treats criminals and other desperate patients who cannot or will not seek help from regular medical facilities. [4] Daniel sets up the clinic to find a cure for his wife, Beth (Catherine McCormack), who suffers from a terminal illness. [5] Lee (Daniel Mays), a Temple station staff member, and Anna (Carice van Houten), a medical researcher, help him run the clinic. [6] The series focuses on the secrecy, exits and issues of trust as the clinic treats its patients as well as Daniel's need for money to fund his research. [7]
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) | |
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1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Luke Snellin | Mark O'Rowe | 13 September 2019 | N/A | |
After a robbery job, Jamie is shot by armed police. He calls his friend Lee, who in turn calls Daniel, a surgeon who is attending a service for his wife, Beth, who died by suicide after a long illness. At 'The Clinic', a large rusty high ceilinged chamber with no windows, Daniel removes Jamie's spleen. Flashbacks detail that Beth was a medical researcher trying to find a cure for her disease. Meanwhile, Jamie wakes up and jumps off the operating table but slips on the blood on the floor, knocking himself unconscious. Daniel must operate again but lacks the necessary blood. Daniel calls research assistant Anna, knowing she is an O Negative donor, and lures her to Temple Station. Unwilling to be a live donor, Anna is chloroformed and blood taken from her to save Jamie's life. Daniel walks to another wing where he sits by the bed of another patient with a ventilator: Beth. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Luke Snellin | Mark O'Rowe | 20 September 2019 | N/A | |
Anna escapes the clinic and Daniel pursues her, terrified she may reveal their location to the police. Flashbacks detail Daniel's encouragement to Beth to pursue the research on their own. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Luke Snellin | Mark O'Rowe | 27 September 2019 | N/A | |
Anna agrees to help Daniel with research into Beth's condition. Lee brings a violent sociopath into the clinic and endangers everyone. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Shariff Korver | Mark O'Rowe | 4 October 2019 | N/A | |
Mercy searches for Lee in a bid to find Jamie and exact revenge. Meanwhile, Beth's condition deteriorates. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Shariff Korver | Mark O'Rowe | 11 October 2019 | N/A | |
Daniel turns to illegal organ harvesters for help in saving Beth. Mercy, thanks to Lee's forced confession, turns her sights on Michelle. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Shariff Korver | Mark O'Rowe | 18 October 2019 | N/A | |
Tensions rise in the clinic as Daniel begins to give up on saving Beth and Lee faces romantic problems. | |||||||
7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Lisa Siwe | Mark O'Rowe | 25 October 2019 | N/A | |
Deciding to operate on Suzanna, Daniel decides to cross an ethical line to save Beth. Meanwhile, Mercy continues investigating into the missing money. | |||||||
8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Lisa Siwe | Mark O'Rowe and DC Moore | 1 November 2019 | N/A | |
Daniel deals with the consequences of his infidelity as he searches for Anna's breakthrough cure. Hall and Moloney set a trap to arrest Jamie using Michelle's secret phone, while Mercy discovers the clinic and demands Jamie be given up. |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [9] | U.K. viewers (millions) | |
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9 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Christopher Smith | Unknown | 28 October 2021 | N/A | |
Daniel and Beth are forced to conjure up an explanation regarding the seemingly unbelievable miracle of Beth's resurrection; Lee and Jamie don't make matters any easier. | |||||||
10 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Christopher Smith | Unknown | 4 November 2021 | N/A | |
New complications arise as Daniel and Lee fall back into old habits to make ends meet; back at home, Beth is surrounded by clues but needs to put the pieces together. | |||||||
11 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Christopher Smith | Unknown | 11 November 2021 | N/A | |
Daniel and Lee are at their wit's end and bereft of any ideas of how to escape their troubles; Anna must decide whether or not she'll cross a moral line to get what she needs for her trial. | |||||||
12 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Tinge Krishnan | Unknown | 18 November 2021 | N/A | |
As Anna returns to the bunker for a big undertaking, Daniel is nowhere to be found when she needs him most; Lee finds a new passion in activism. | |||||||
13 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Frederik Louis Hviid | Unknown | 25 November 2021 | N/A | |
Daniel and Anna's reckless behaviors are catching up with them slowly but surely; the police continue to get dangerously close to the truth. | |||||||
14 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Christopher Smith | Unknown | 2 December 2021 | N/A | |
Following recent chaos, Daniel and Anna quickly depart on a road-trip to rid themselves of their recent sins; they meet roadblock after roadblock, leading Daniel into a dire predicament. | |||||||
15 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Frederik Louis Hviid | Unknown | 9 December 2021 | N/A | |
When Eve finds herself in a tough spot with seemingly no escape, Daniel may finally have to come out into the light in order to save her. |
On 13 February 2020, Temple was picked up by the video on-demand services of U.S. cable provider Charter Communications via its Spectrum Originals banner. [10] The second series was made available in its entirety to Spectrum subscribers on 1 November 2021.[ citation needed ]
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