Genre Crime drama Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 2 | Created by Paula Milne Original language(s) English | |
Starring Clive Owen
Claire Skinner
Rupert Holliday-Evans
Mark Bazeley
Akbar Kurtha
Frank Harper
Alexander Morton | ||
Second Sight was a British television crime drama, written by Paula Milne, that aired on BBC One from 9 January 2000 to 6 February 2001. Two series were broadcast before the show was cancelled due to falling ratings. Both series were released on DVD on 24 July 2006, in a complete box set via 2|Entertain.
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Plot
Second Sight follows Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner (Clive Owen), a maverick cop who finds out that he has a rare disease which is causing him to go blind. Tanner's boss, Superintendent Lawson (Thomas Wheatley), little suspects that the man he named to head the elite Specialist Elite Murder Unit is losing his sight. Tanner struggles keep his condition a secret, but soon asks himself – how long can he keep solving crimes that not even the fully sighted can fathom?, whilst battling with his irrepressible Inspector Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), who urges him to tell the truth for the sake of his own health – but will doing so ruin his career?