Informer | |
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Created by | |
Written by |
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Directed by | Jonny Campbell |
Starring | |
Composer | Ilan Eshkeri |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer |
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Production location | London |
Cinematography | Tony Slater Ling |
Editors |
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Running time | 58–59 minutes |
Production company | Neal Street Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 16 October 20 November 2018 | –
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]
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.
Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a young second-generation British Pakistani man from London who is coerced into informing by Gabe ( Paddy Considine), a counterterrorism officer for the fictional Counter-Terrorism Special Unit (CTSU), his newfound role in National safety leads him into a variety of dangerous situations, alliances and a struggle to balance both his civilian lifestyle and be the person that his family knows, as well of that of a police informer. [1]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 16 October 2018 |
2 | "Strawberry Fields" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 23 October 2018 |
3 | "Charlie Don't Surf" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 30 October 2018 |
4 | "Ruby Tuesday" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 6 November 2018 |
5 | "November Has Come" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 13 November 2018 |
6 | "The Masterplan" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 20 November 2018 |
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, Shoreditch. 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]
Informer | |
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Genre | |
Created by | |
Written by |
|
Directed by | Jonny Campbell |
Starring | |
Composer | Ilan Eshkeri |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producer |
|
Production location | London |
Cinematography | Tony Slater Ling |
Editors |
|
Running time | 58–59 minutes |
Production company | Neal Street Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 16 October 20 November 2018 | –
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]
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.
Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a young second-generation British Pakistani man from London who is coerced into informing by Gabe ( Paddy Considine), a counterterrorism officer for the fictional Counter-Terrorism Special Unit (CTSU), his newfound role in National safety leads him into a variety of dangerous situations, alliances and a struggle to balance both his civilian lifestyle and be the person that his family knows, as well of that of a police informer. [1]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 16 October 2018 |
2 | "Strawberry Fields" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 23 October 2018 |
3 | "Charlie Don't Surf" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 30 October 2018 |
4 | "Ruby Tuesday" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 6 November 2018 |
5 | "November Has Come" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 13 November 2018 |
6 | "The Masterplan" | Jonny Campbell | Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani | 20 November 2018 |
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, Shoreditch. 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]