# Collateral (2018)

> A tenacious London detective pursues the traffickers behind a pizza delivery driver's murder and uncovers a conspiracy reaching the top.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 4
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, thriller, drama
- Created by: David Hare
- Network: BBC Two
- Cast: Carey Mulligan, Vineeta Rishi, Rob Jarvis, Nathaniel Martello-White, Ben Miles, John Simm, Billie Piper, Hayley Squires
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6729080/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, gritty, bleak, sober, suspenseful

## What critics say

Viewers found the BBC Two thriller serious and topical but its conspiracy plotting familiar, with mixed audience reception.

## Synopsis

Collateral (2018) is a British television crime thriller miniseries created by David Hare for BBC Two. Carey Mulligan leads as DI Kip Glaspie, a tenacious detective whose investigation begins when a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London. Alongside her team, including DC Rakhee Shah (Vineeta Rishi) and DS Nathan Bilk (Nathaniel Martello-White), she follows the trail from a street killing toward the people traffickers and smuggling networks behind it. Each step pushes deeper into a conspiracy that reaches well beyond the street, and the case forces her to question who can be trusted. The four-episode run is one continuing story rather than a case of the week, built from hour-long installments that tighten the pressure with each turn. Set in contemporary London, the series carries a sober, grounded register, with a sense of unease and moral weariness shaping its atmosphere. Its themes of exploitation, institutional complicity and the cost of seeking the truth give it a serious, socially rooted weight. Viewers who enjoy Line of Duty and Bodyguard will find similar pleasures in its procedural tension and political suspicion, though its tone is more restrained and its focus more on the human toll.

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