Miniseries · BBC Two
Collateral
The truth doesn't take sides.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Carey Mulligan
DI Kip Glaspie
4 eps
Vineeta Rishi
DC Rakhee Shah
4 eps
Rob Jarvis
DC Euan Johnson
4 eps
Nathaniel Martello-White
DS Nathan Bilk
4 eps
Ben Miles
DSU Jack Haley
4 eps
John Simm
David Mars
4 eps
Billie Piper
Karen Mars
4 eps
Hayley Squires
Laurie Stone
4 eps
Nicola Duffett
Alice Stone
4 eps
George Georgiou
Mehmet Akman
4 eps
Ahd Kamel
Fatima Asif
4 eps
July Namir
Mona Asif
4 eps
Jeany Spark
CPT Sandrine Shaw
4 eps
Robert Portal
MAJ Tim Dyson
4 eps
Orla Brady
Phoebe Dyson
4 eps
Nicola Walker
Jane Oliver
4 eps
Kae Alexander
Linh Xuan Huy
4 eps
Nick Mohammed
Fuzz Gupta
4 eps
Saskia Reeves
Deborah Clifford
4 eps
Maya Sansa
Berna Yalaz
2 eps
Oliver Alvin-Wilson
CO Chips Benson
1 eps
Gary Shelford
JDG Guard
1 eps
Alaïs Lawson
Genevieve
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Collateral actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Collateral reads strongest on Serialized, Tension and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind his murder and unravels a conspiracy that goes to the top.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Episode 1
DI Kip Glaspie leads the investigation into the unexplained shooting of Abdullah Asif, a pizza delivery driver and Syrian refugee.
- Written by David Hare
S01E04
Episode 4
As the net draws in, DI Kip Glaspie enters a dangerous power play with MI5. But is it too late to save everyone involved?
- Written by David Hare
S01E02
Episode 2
DI Kip Glaspie knows that Abdullah's sisters hold the key to his death, but why is a sinister MI5 officer is doing his best to derail the investigation?
- Written by David Hare
S01E03
Episode 3
When the killers claim another victim, DI Kip Glaspie decides to break the rules to get to the bottom of the mystery.
- Written by David Hare
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- George FaberExecutive Producer
- Lucy RicherExecutive Producer
- Elizabeth BinnsProducer
- Mark PybusExecutive Producer
- SJ ClarksonExecutive Producer
- David HareExecutive Producer
Writing
- David HareWriter
Direction
- SJ ClarksonDirector
Music
- Ruth BarrettOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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