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Genre
  
Drama

Network
  
7/10
IMDb

8.7/10
TV

First episode date
  
9 February 2014

Executive producer
  
Derrin Schlesinger

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Created by
  
Danny BoyleRobert JonesJesse ArmstrongSam Bain

Written by
  
Sam BainJesse ArmstrongJon Brown

Directed by
  
Danny BoyleSally El HosainiJon S. Baird

Starring
  
Brit MarlingElla SmithBertie CarvelJim HowickMartin TrenamanDaniel KaluuyaJames NesbittJonny SweetPaterson JosephNicola WalkerAdam DeaconJill HalfpennyCavan ClerkinAndrew BrookeStuart MartinNick Blood

Composer(s)
  
Rick Smith (Main theme and pilot)Stuart Earl (series 1)

Program creators
  
Similar
  
Crusade, Babylon 5, Peep Show, Fresh Meat, The Old Guys

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Babylon is a British drama television series co-created by Danny Boyle, Robert Jones, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain for Channel 4, and produced by Nightjack Ltd.

Contents

The series is set in London, and follows various characters working for the Metropolitan Police Service, police officers on the streets, who are responding to incidents, as well as the top management and PR department at New Scotland Yard, who try to counter any backlash from such incidents.

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Plot

The series follows the new Director of Communications, the American Liz Garvey (Brit Marling), who has been headhunted by the Police Commissioner Richard Miller (James Nesbitt) to drag the force into the new media age, and her conflicts with her own department and legal bureaucracy. This is intercut with the happenings within a team in the Territorial Support Group and a team of authorised firearms officers in the Specialist Firearms Command.

Cast

  • Brit Marling as Liz Garvey, Director of Communications
  • James Nesbitt as Richard Miller, Commissioner
  • Bertie Carvel as Finn Kirkwood: Communications Deputy
  • Ella Smith as Mia Conroy, staff member, Communications
  • Paterson Joseph as Charles Inglis, Deputy Commissioner, later Commissioner
  • Jonny Sweet as Tom Oliver, Superintendent & Personal Aide to the Commissioner
  • Nicola Walker as Sharon Franklin, Assistant Commissioner
  • Jill Halfpenny as Davina, TSG officer, married to SCO19 officer Banjo
  • Cavan Clerkin as Clarkey, TSG officer
  • Owain Arthur as Nobbie, TSG officer
  • Adam Deacon as Robbie, TSG officer who moves over to SCO19
  • Andrew Brooke as Banjo, SCO19 officer, married to TSG officer Davina
  • Stuart Martin as Tony, SCO19 officer
  • Nick Blood as Warwick, SCO19 officer
  • Daniel Kaluuya as Matt Coward, documentary film maker
  • Ralph Brown as Grant Delgado, Deputy Mayor of London
  • Production

    Channel 4 originally announced that Babylon had been commissioned for Autumn 2014 on 23 December 2013. They further announced the six-part series had begun filming, in and around London on 17 April 2014.

    Danny Boyle directed the pilot episode, whilst Jon S. Baird directed the first three episodes of Series 1 with Sally El Hosaini directing the last three. Jon Brown joined the writing group (from the pilot episode) alongside Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. The programme was created by Boyle, Robert Jones, Armstrong and Bain who were also Executive Producers. The Producers were Jones and Derrin Schlesinger.

    Episode two was partly filmed at the Metropolitan Police Training Ground in Gravesend, Kent and features in the scenes where Robbie (Adam Deacon) trains at the firing range. Episode six, the series finale, recreated the London Riots of 2011.

    In a 2015 interview with Radio Times magazine, Sam Bain stated that it was unlikely Babylon would return for a further series, with Jesse Armstrong explaining that "getting everyone back together seemed like it would be extraordinarily complicated, so we haven't pursued it".

    Reception

    Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the show a 75% "fresh" rating with an average rating of 7.2/10 based on 16 reviews. The critical consensus states: "Babylon successfully combines two genres into one show, adding great actors and timely subject matter to stealthy wit and hard-hitting drama." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 67 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

    Broadcast

    Babylon premiered on SundanceTV in the United States on 8 January 2015. An episode aired on 29 January 2015 registered only 17,000 viewers. In Australia, the series premiered on 28th September 2015 on BBC First.

    References

    Babylon (TV series) Wikipedia