Miniseries · Sky One
Two Weeks to Live
Sweet. Innocent. Badass.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Maisie Williams
Kim Noakes
6 eps
Mawaan Rizwan
Nicky Malik
6 eps
Sian Clifford
Tina Noakes
6 eps
Taheen Modak
Jay Malik
6 eps
Caitlin Rawden
Young Kim
1 eps
Scott Mullins
Barman
1 eps
Tony Holness
Pub goer (uncredited)
1 eps
Stephen McGowan
Angry Man (uncredited)
1 eps
Sean Pertwee
Jimmy
2 eps
Michael Begley
Ian
3 eps
Sean Knopp
Kim's Dad
3 eps
Dominic Holmes
Police Officer
1 eps
Tony Pritchard
Carl
3 eps
Pooky Quesnel
Mandy
3 eps
Thalissa Teixeira
Thompson
4 eps
Kerry Howard
Beth
4 eps
Jason Flemyng
Brooks
4 eps
Jean Trend
Mrs. Davidson
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Two Weeks to Live actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Two Weeks to Live reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Humour.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
When strange young misfit Kim Noakes was just a little girl, her father died in murky circumstances and her mother Tina whisked her away to a remote rural life of seclusion and bizarre survival techniques. Now all grown up, Kim sets out into the real world for the first time to begin a secret mission of honouring her father’s memory.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Episode 2
Kim faces her dad's killer in an epic showdown while Jay tells a disapproving Nicky that he plans to propose to his girlfriend, Beth. As Kim appears battered and bloody from the fight, having learned from Jimmy that the world is not about to end, she confronts Nicky who comes clean with disastrous consequences.
- Directed by Al Campbell
- Written by Gaby Hull
S01E01
Episode 1
Kim sets out into the real world for the first time on a secret mission. But after encountering hapless brothers Nicky and Jay at their local pub, a seemingly harmless prank sets in motion a series of events that sees them all on the run from murderous gangsters.
- Directed by Al Campbell
- Written by Gaby Hull
S01E03
Episode 3
After kidnapping her daughter from Jimmy's, Tina is forced to return to the gangster's mansion with Kim, just in time to save Nicky and Jay from being executed.
- Directed by Al Campbell
- Written by Gaby Hull
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E04
Episode 4
- Directed by Al Campbell
- Written by Phoebe Eclair-Powell
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
- Phil TempleExecutive Producer
- Josh ColeExecutive Producer
- Morwenna GordonExecutive Producer
- Charlotte SurteesProducer
Writing
- Gaby HullWriter
- Lucy MontgomeryWriter
- Phoebe Eclair-PowellWriter
Direction
- Al CampbellDirector
Cinematography
- Mattias NybergDirector of Photography
Music
- Pablo ClementsOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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