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Identity, a new six-part drama starring Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes, Mutual Friends) and Aidan Gillen (The Wire, Queer As Folk), follows an elite police unit formed to combat the explosion of identity theft. From murderers who take over victims' lives and criminals who create personas to escape dark secrets, to impostors who look, talk and sound just like us but would kill in a heartbeat. Ed Whitmore's series exposes the dark side of reinvention. DSI Martha Lawrence (Hawes) fought hard to form the Identity Unit. Some call it her baby, others career suicide. Her gamble includes a handpicked team of experts with colourful personalities and forceful egos, none more so than DI Michael Bloom (Gillen), an ex-undercover cop who knows what it's like to pretend to be someone you are not, and how easy it is to lose yourself when living a lie, and the ambitious DS Waring (Shaun Parkes - Moses Jones), infuriated by Martha's indulgence of Bloom's cavalier methods and suspicious that Bloom has a secret himself. Martha must fight to keep the unit together as they unravel the psychology behind identity theft, and resort to ever increasing extremes to catch this modern day Jekyll and Hyde.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Somehow I missed this series when it was shown on TV, but it is really excellent and you get hooked immediately..I had to watch all the episodes one after another! If you like suspense, you will like this..each episode stands alone, but there is a storyline running through the series..
18 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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I loved the series! I was pleasantly surprised how well Aidan fit into this role. I generally like most of his work anyway. He's believable in pretty much everything he does as he commits himself 100% to his character. If you don't believe me, watch him in Queer As Folk. He was brilliant.
I can't say enough good things about the rest of the actors in this, especially Keeley. I felt she and Aidan played their undeniable chemistry perfectly with expression rather than words. Any actor can deliver a line, but to be able to read longing, pain, love, disdain etc. in their face while exchanging a glance is what sets the good ones apart from the rest.
I've been watching Keeley's other stuff as a result of this series and am impressed by her diversity. It is because of Identity that I noticed her. I live in Canada and don't get to see much UK drama unfortunately. I never feel it's a bad thing when a role turns someone into a new fan. I'm now a devoted Keeley fan, lol.
I'd encourage anyone to give this series a look. It's clever with some decent action and has you caring about the characters and their interactions more than you might think...the focus is on Aidan and Keeley's characters, but I found the others interesting too...had the series gone on, it would have been nice to see them develop. Six episodes doesn't leave a lot of time for numerous focuses and I think the writer was smart to keep the storyline more about John and Martha with them playing off the others on occasion.
While I can understand some may not like this series, that's fine. Why watch it? I see one guy who left a rather poisonous review here watched the whole series. I have to wonder why if he didn't like it from the get go. I didn't care for "Grey's Anatomy" after a couple episodes, therefore, I don't watch it. However, I realize it's bloody brilliant and those who are fans of it will defend it to the ground. I don't understand why someone would want to trash a program they don't like...in the hopes that others will switch it off and perhaps cheat themselves out of something they might have liked? Seems silly to me. Lucky for me, I take bad reviews with a grain of salt and tend to go straight to the target to check it out for myself, lol.
In any case, I'd love to see a second installment of this great mini-series, but I won't hold my breath as it's pretty rare for Aidan to return to a role.
Cheers all!
I can't say enough good things about the rest of the actors in this, especially Keeley. I felt she and Aidan played their undeniable chemistry perfectly with expression rather than words. Any actor can deliver a line, but to be able to read longing, pain, love, disdain etc. in their face while exchanging a glance is what sets the good ones apart from the rest.
I've been watching Keeley's other stuff as a result of this series and am impressed by her diversity. It is because of Identity that I noticed her. I live in Canada and don't get to see much UK drama unfortunately. I never feel it's a bad thing when a role turns someone into a new fan. I'm now a devoted Keeley fan, lol.
I'd encourage anyone to give this series a look. It's clever with some decent action and has you caring about the characters and their interactions more than you might think...the focus is on Aidan and Keeley's characters, but I found the others interesting too...had the series gone on, it would have been nice to see them develop. Six episodes doesn't leave a lot of time for numerous focuses and I think the writer was smart to keep the storyline more about John and Martha with them playing off the others on occasion.
While I can understand some may not like this series, that's fine. Why watch it? I see one guy who left a rather poisonous review here watched the whole series. I have to wonder why if he didn't like it from the get go. I didn't care for "Grey's Anatomy" after a couple episodes, therefore, I don't watch it. However, I realize it's bloody brilliant and those who are fans of it will defend it to the ground. I don't understand why someone would want to trash a program they don't like...in the hopes that others will switch it off and perhaps cheat themselves out of something they might have liked? Seems silly to me. Lucky for me, I take bad reviews with a grain of salt and tend to go straight to the target to check it out for myself, lol.
In any case, I'd love to see a second installment of this great mini-series, but I won't hold my breath as it's pretty rare for Aidan to return to a role.
Cheers all!
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Identity
Fairly good series which I missed when originally on TV. Good acting with a different story each week
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. F. J. Bradbury
Complete rubbish (agreed)
Starting with an excellent, innovative idea, the creators of "Identity" have managed to make it one of the most boring, implausible, low-quality show of the year. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Sam Jones
Excellent series
I totally disagree with the previous reviews. I thoroughly enjoyed this series. Aidan Gillen's (John Bloom/Brendan Shea) performance was excellent! I hope they make another series
Published 21 months ago by Mrs. K. O'neill
Wasted opportunity - Bad writing
Watched the first episode of this when we were in the UK. Keeley Hawes is an amazing actress. This had potential but really never engaged. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Murdoch fan
Had Potential....
I was highly impressed with the first episode and expected the other episodes to be similar. However, the nonsense plots and lack of a clear overarching theme means this show is... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Christopher Boyland
only watching it for keelyH
So the missus and i have watched every episode so far - hoping it'll get better, but it's not. The dialog is cliched, Keeley plays a character who has set up the identity-theft... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Kieron
Its good
Its Good but not as good as ashes to ashes but aiden gillin is very funny but a little complicated at times but if you watch it all the way throught it becomes better but keely... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Stephen Cooper
Complete rubbish
Watched three quarters of first episode. Couldn't be bothered to watch to the end. Silly plot, unlikeable characters, lazy script, cliched dialogue (said of Aiden Gillen's rather... Read more
Published 22 months ago by migo1759
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