Collateral start date: When does Collateral air on BBC Two tonight? How many episodes?
COLLATERAL is the new hard-hitting BBC drama starring Carey Mulligan that’s set to continue tonight. Here’s everything you need to know about the new series including start date, cast, trailer and more.
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When does Collateral air on BBC Two?
The drama from started last month on BBC Two on February 12,
Penned by veteran writer Sir David Hare, episode four of Collateral will air on BBC Two tonight (Monday, Match 5) at 9pm.
The series is a collaboration between the BBC and Netflix - one of a number of recent joint productions which also includes Requiem and Troy: Fall of a City.
The crime programme will available on the streaming giant internationally at some point.
Set in contemporary London, the show will follow the murder of an illegal refugee, who has been working as a pizza delivery man in the capital.
The police are quickly brought in to investigate the politically sensitive case and investigate why a man with no obvious enemies was gunned down in cold blood.
What unfolds is a tense, gripping thriller that touches on sensitive issues that are still affecting British society right now.
How many episodes are in Collateral?
Collateral marks Sir David’s first episodic drama and consists of four, hour-long episodes that will be broadcast on consecutive weeks in the same time slot.
Creator Sir David has described it as a drama involving the police that isn’t a police procedural.
Speaking at a screening in London, he told media including Express.co.uk: “I’m trying my very best to avoid police procedural throughout. There are no computers on the show, there are no white boards and arrows, and there’s absolutely none of all that.
“Because although I extravagantly admire Line of Duty and think it’s fantastic, I do nevertheless feel police procedural [is] a genre about which there is nothing to add. It’s been done to death.”
Who is in the cast of Collateral?
The show has a stellar cast including Oscar-nominated Carey Mulligan, who plays the central detective Kip Glaspie.
Joining her is Life On Mars’ John Simm who plays Labour MP David Mars and is left concerned after the refugee is killed in his central London constituency.
Last Tango In Halifax and Unforgotten actress Nicola Walker is conflicted, lesbian vicar Jane Oliver.
Doctor Who actress Billie Piper portrays house wife Karen Mars, who is married to David.
Nathaniel Martello-White is Kip’s partner Nathan Bilk and helps her to investigate the troubling case.
Other cast members include star of The Crown Ben Miles as police superior Jack Haley, Jeany Spark as Sadrine Shaw, Haley Squires as Laurie Stone, Kae Alexander from Game of Thrones as Jane’s lover Linh Xuan Huy, and Vineeta Rishi as police officer Rakhee Shah.
What will happen in Collateral?
Collateral spans over four days and follows the fatal shooting of a pizza delivery man, who turns out to be an asylum seeker living illegally in the UK.
As the police try to solve this case that appears to be senseless violence, they start to uncover something much deeper and darker.
The drama has multiple story threads running through it and also sees politician and shadow cabinet member David Mars also getting caught up in a turbulent relationship with his ex-wife Karen Mrs.
Added into the mix is vicar Jane Oliver, who is an equally troubled relationship with Linh Xuan Huy and was the only witness to the murder of the police delivery man.
Collateral starts on BBC Two tonight at 9pm.