Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4
Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daughter Clare from a previous marriage. He'll do anything to make them happy, including stretching his finances to buy a Georgian estate in County Wicklow, where Frances grew up. Frank Crossan is an Irish Republican hitman on the run from British authorities. Seeking refuge with old girlfriend Kate, he creates a plan to kidnap a wealthy Brit for a ransom to fund a major arms deal. Their two worlds collide when Frances and Clare are brutally snatched away to a bleak hideaway and taken hostage. Geoffrey initially wants to cave in to the kidnapper's demands “ but nothing is simple when a personal crisis plays out against the forces of political intrigue, high finance and with the eyes of the media on them.
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Cast
Peter Barkworth
As Geoffrey Carr
Harriet Walter
As Frances Carr
Aingeal Grehan
As Kate
Simon Jones
As Lansbury
Derek Thompson
As Frank Crossan
Adrian Dunbar
As Willy
Hugh Fraser
As Richard Lefray
Nicholas Jones
As Andrew
John Kavanagh
As Kearney
Susanna Reid
As Clare
David Lyon
As Simon
Linda Spurrier
As Margaret
Denys Hawthorne
As Doherty
Mark Mulholland
As Watson
Colm Hefferon
As Garda Twomey
Peadar Lamb
As O'Hanlon
Ruth Hegarty
As Eileen
Oliver Maguire
As McLaughlin
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