The Last Enemy
Genre	Drama Thriller Science fiction Adventure Mystery
Written by	Peter Berry
Directed by	Iain B. MacDonald
Starring	Benedict Cumberbatch Anamaria Marinca Max Beesley Robert Carlyle Eva Birthistle Geraldine James Tom Fisher James Lance San Shella David Harewood Christopher Fulford Paul Higgins Nick Sidi
Composer(s)	Magnus Fiennes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Executive producer(s)	Patrick Irwin Justin Thomson-Glover Adrian Bate
Producer(s)	Gub Neal, Rebecca Eaton (for WGBH)
Location(s)	London, UK
Camera setup	John Hembrough
Running time	85 minutes (Episode 1); 60 minutes (Episodes 2-5)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC
Picture format	PAL
Original run	17 February, 2008 – present
External links
Official website
Production website
IMDb profile

The Last Enemy is a BBC TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and featuring Robert Carlyle and Max Beesley which first aired on 17 February, 2008.

[edit] Plot

Set in a near-future United Kingdom beset by terrorism and illegal immigration, it features the introduction of "TIA" (Total Information Awareness), a centralised database that can be used to track and monitor anybody effectively by putting all available government information in one place. The story deals with a political cover-up centred around a rogue batch of vaccine which seems to be causing a deadly virus, as well as the moral, social and privacy concerns of such a system in a post-9/11 world. The story is told through the eyes of a mathematical genius who is portrayed as a recluse and showing some signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The final episode then has a plot twist in which this apparent virus is shown to be in fact an ethnicity-specific side-effect of an experiment in producing an internal, injected and unfakeable bio-tag, a side-effect which affects Arabs but not Caucasians and so (to avoid international scandal) has had to be shut down.

[edit] Viewing Figures

[edit] Cameos

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• Don Cheadle, a African Rights activist, is shopping in the same aisle when Stephen approaches the woman about the Hep drug.

[edit] Locations

• In episode 1, Stephen meets Professor Moreton at Horse Guards Parade and talks to him as they walk down to The Mall.
• The mass skating scene in episode 4 took place outside Battersea Power Station.
• Michael's flat is in Cholmeley Park, Highgate, London N6.
• Much of the action was filmed in Bucharest, Romania. Romanian actors filled several minor roles.
• The couple's final departure is from Liverpool Street station.

[edit] Distribution

The Last Enemy aired in the United States on PBS stations on Masterpiece Contemporary

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Last Enemy at BBC Online
• The Last Enemy at the Internet Movie Database