The Tower

DramaCrime2021TV-1411 episodes3 seasonsScripted

First aired: 2021-11-08

Synopsis

A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.

Creators

Patrick Harbinson

Casting

  • Gemma Whelan
    DS Sarah Collins
  • Emmett Scanlan
    DI Kieran Shaw
  • Tahirah Sharif
    PC Lizzie Adama
  • Karl Davies
    DCI Tim Bailie
  • Jimmy Akingbola
    DC Steve Bradshaw
  • Harriet Webb
    DC Alice Parker
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Season 1

A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie PC Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. DS Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.

Number of episodes 3

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Death Message

Following the dramatic climax of season one, rookie PC Lizzie Adama returns to her London police station, where she finds herself fighting to protect a mother and daughter in peril. DS Sarah Collins, having transferred to Homicide Command, reopens a cold case involving a missing schoolgirl that leads her to cross paths with Lizzie again. DI Kieran Shaw wants to recruit DS Steve Bradshaw for a specialist task force targeting a major organized crime figure but must convince Steve he can be trusted.

Number of episodes 4