Wired (TV series)

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Wired
Genre Crime drama
Written by
  • Kate Brooke
Directed by
  • Kenny Glenaan
Starring
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
Original language
  • English
No. of series1
No. of episodes3 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer
  • Rebecca Hodgson
Producer
  • Thea Harvey
Production location
  • United Kingdom
Running time60 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network ITV
Release13 October (2008-10-13) 
27 October 2008 (2008-10-27)

Wired is a 2008 three-part television miniseries starring Jodie Whittaker, Laurence Fox and Toby Stephens. It debuted on ITV at 9:00pm on Monday, 13 October 2008, and was shown over three consecutive weeks. The complete series was released on DVD on 10 November 2008. [1]

Contents

Plot

Single mother and bank employee Louise Evans (Jodie Whittaker) finds herself blackmailed by a former bank employee with documents reveal that she and a former partner stole £3,000 from a former employer. The boyfriend of her best friend, Philip Manningham (Laurence Fox), plans to defraud £250m from ZBG Banking, the company from which he was sacked, and after he threatens Louise she agrees to help him pull off an Internet scam. Meanwhile, Detective Crawford Hill (Toby Stephens) is working undercover in an attempt to expose the fraud ring and after a chance meeting with Louise, he realises she is involved and is key to him cracking the case. However, their relationship soon threatens to compromise everything and places Louise in mortal danger.

Cast

Episodes

EpisodeTitleWritten byDirected byViewers
(millions)
Original airdate
1"The Beginning"Kate BrookeKenny Glenaan5.2313 October 2008 (2008-10-13)
2"The Middle"Kate BrookeKenny Glenaan4.4120 October 2008 (2008-10-20)
3"The End"Kate BrookeKenny Glenaan3.5527 October 2008 (2008-10-27)

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References

  1. "Wired". Amazon UK. 10 November 2008.