The Tower (TV series)

The Tower
Genre	Police procedural, drama
Created by	Kate London
Based on	Post Mortem by Kate London
Developed by	Windhover Films
Written by	Patrick Harbinson Kate London
Directed by	Jim Loach
Starring	Gemma Whelan Tahirah Sharif Jimmy Akingbola Emmett J. Scanlan Karl Davies
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producers	Patrick Harbinson Kate London
Producer	Paul Testar
Editor	Gez Morris
Running time	150 minutes
Production companies	Mammoth Screen Windhover Films
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	8 November 2021 (2021-11-08) – present
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The Tower is a British police procedural television series based on Kate London's Metropolitan book series. Set in London, it stars Gemma Whelan as police officer Sarah Collins, initially from the fictional DSI department. The first series follows the aftermath of the deaths of a veteran Metropolitan Police officer and a young Libyan girl who fell together from the roof of a London tower block. When Constable Lizzie Adama—one of the only witnesses—disappears soon afterwards, Collins' investigation becomes two-pronged: what happened on the roof, and finding Adama.

Although the series is set in southeast London, it was mostly filmed in the northwest of England, particularly Liverpool and Manchester. The first series of The Tower was broadcast over three 50-minute episodes in November 2021. Patrick Harbinson acted as both screenwriter and executive producer. The show received generally favourable reviews, with positive comparisons being made by critics to fellow police corruption drama Line of Duty; Whelan's acting was considered a highlight. Criticisms were also made, particularly of the sound engineering, which was accused of muffling the spoken dialogue on occasion.