Wired is a 2008 three-part television miniseries

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

 starring Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Auckland Whittaker is an English actress, perhaps best known for her work in the film Venus . She also starred in the ITV1 series Marchlands playing the young Ruth who had lost her daughter Alice.-Career:...

, Laurence Fox

Laurence Fox

Laurence Fox is an English actor best known for his leading role as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the British TV drama series Lewis...

 and Toby Stephens

Toby Stephens

Toby Stephens is an English stage, television and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for playing megavillain Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day , Edward Fairfax Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre and Philip...

. It debuted on ITV

ITV

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 at 9:00pm on Monday 13 October, 2008 and was shown over three consecutive Mondays.

Plot summary

Single mother and bank employee Louise Evans finds herself blackmailed by a work colleague after documents reveal that she and a former partner stole £3,000 from a former employer. The boyfriend, Philip Manningham, plans to defraud £250m from ZBG Banking, the company from which he was sacked, and Louise agrees to help him pull off an Internet scam. Meanwhile, Detective Crawford Hill is working undercover in an attempt to expose the fraud ring and after a chance meeting with Louise, he realises she is involved and is key to him cracking the case. However, their relationship soon threatens to compromise everything and places Louise in mortal danger.

Cast

• Jodie Whittaker
  Jodie Whittaker
  Jodie Auckland Whittaker is an English actress, perhaps best known for her work in the film Venus . She also starred in the ITV1 series Marchlands playing the young Ruth who had lost her daughter Alice.-Career:...
  
   - Louise Evans
• Laurence Fox
  Laurence Fox
  Laurence Fox is an English actor best known for his leading role as Detective Sergeant James Hathaway in the British TV drama series Lewis...
  
   - Philip Manningham
• Toby Stephens
  Toby Stephens
  Toby Stephens is an English stage, television and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for playing megavillain Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day , Edward Fairfax Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre and Philip...
  
   - Detective Crawford Hill
• Riz Ahmed
  Riz Ahmed
  Rizwan Ahmed , also known as Riz Ahmed, the Rizmeister General, or Riz MC, is a British MC, musician and actor. He is noted for his lead performances in The Road to Guantanamo, Shifty, Britz, and Four Lions.-Ethnic background:Ahmed is a British Pakistani...
  
   - Manesh Kunzru
• Charlie Brooks
  Charlie Brooks
  Charlene "Charlie" Brooks is a Welsh actress, best known for playing Janine Butcher on the BBC soap opera EastEnders.-Acting career:...
  
   - Anna
• Ramon Tikaram
  Ramon Tikaram
  Ramon Pramod Junior Tikaram is a British stage and screen actor of Indo-Fijian and Malaysian descent.-Early and personal life:...
  
  - Mr Ralindi

External links

• Pick of the Day, Daily Mirror, 20 October 2008 (Retrieved on 2008-10-25)