From the mind of Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steve Moffat comes Inside Man, a thriller which questions who is capable of murder and what it takes to kill another human being.
The BBC drama will see four unlikely characters drawn together in this twisty tale, including death row prisoner and criminologist Jefferson Grieff (played by Stanley Tucci), English vicar Harry Watling (David Tennant), investigative journalist Beth Davenport, and maths tutor Janice Fife (Dolly Wells).
How many episodes are in Inside Man?
Inside Man focuses on morality with its core four characters pushed to breaking point.
The show has two distinct storylines which will end up intertwining as the story unfolds.
Along with the main cast, Inside Man also stars Lyndsey Marshal, Louis Oliver, Atkins Estimond, Dylan Baker, Katie Dickie, and Eke Chukwu.
There is a total of four episodes in Inside Man, which will be airing this week and next week.
Here is a look at the episode release schedule and summaries for each instalment
Episode 1 – September 26
Summary: “In the US, a prisoner on death row is seeking atonement as he faces execution. On a train in England, a journalist is looking for a story. In a quiet little village, a vicar is picking up his son’s maths tutor from the station. All four are about to become entangled in a dilemma that could lead one of them to murder.”
Episode 2 – September 27
Summary: “How far is maths tutor Janice Fife willing to go to make her escape? On death row, journalist Beth Davenport finds herself running an errand for the wife killer Jefferson Grieff. And vicar Harry Watling confronts his verger about a dangerous secret.”
Episode 3 – October 3
Summary: “As Harry’s dilemma worsens, the fate of his family hangs in the balance – but he’s determined to do the right thing. Meanwhile, Beth Davenport meets one of Jefferson Grieff’s helpers in the outside world, who delivers a chilling warning. In the cellar, Janice’s desperation grows. In her battle for survival, is there anything she isn’t prepared to do?”
Episode 4 – October 4
Summary: “As events spiral out of control, Jefferson Grieff prepares to face execution, and time is also running out for Janice Fife in the cellar. An increasingly desperate Harry Watling struggles to do the right thing, but can he stay on the side of the angels and still keep his wife and son safe?”
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Speaking about the new series, Tennant said he was attracted to the project after reading the script which he found “huge intriguing”, saying the story was “very particular to Steven Moffat’s brain”.
He said part of the appeal was trying to figure out how the storylines between the UK and US were connected with the audience trying to figure it out as the series went along.
Tennant said this set-up was part of the puzzle and teased viewers would witness some “almost breath-taking awfulness”.
The star said of Harry: “But from my character’s point of view, it’s a story about a man who, in pursuit of doing the right thing, makes a series of catastrophically bad decisions.”
He added about the plot: “Steven described it as a sitcom that goes terribly wrong.”
Hollywood star Tucci said he had signed up to Inside Man because he was a fan of Sherlock and Moffat as well as working with director Paul McGuigan previously.
The Oscar-nominated star described Moffat as an “amazing writer” and praised his co-star Tennant as “great” while hailing the rest of the cast as an “amazing group of people”.
Reflecting on working with writer Moffat and the filming process, Tucci said: “It’s wonderful, there’s a lot to do, there’s a lot to say, it’s more like a play in a lot of ways for actors than it is for a television show. It’s not shot like a play, it’s shot like a television show.
