The Tower: Season 1

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BritBox | Season Premiere Date: November 8, 2021

Summary: Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan) searches for PC Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif) who may have knowledge why her partner and a teenage girl fell to their death from a tower apartment building in this adaptation of Kate London's first novel in the Metropolitan trilogy book series.

[Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 8Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan) searches for PC Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif) who may have knowledge why her partner and a teenage girl fell to their death from a tower apartment building in this adaptation of Kate London's first novel in the Metropolitan trilogy book series.

[Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 8 Nov 2021 and in the US on BritBox on 1 Dec 2021]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense, Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. Episode 5
Air Date: August 29, 2023
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S1:E4. Episode 4
Air Date: August 28, 2023
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S1:E3. Episode 3
Air Date: November 10, 2021

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Joel Keller

Sep 3, 2024

The Tower does a good job of telling its central mystery without a lot of filler, and Whelan’s performance as Collins is both intense and emotional. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Sep 3, 2024

None of it is groundbreaking – not that it necessarily needs to be – but it is satisfyingly done. Whelan can always be relied on for a convincing performance and this plays to her strengths. Read full review

The Telegraph Anita Singh

Sep 3, 2024

he Tower, the ITV police procedural in which DS Sarah Collins found herself was pretty good. It got off to an arresting start. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Sep 3, 2024

There was a Line of Duty-ish “what are these coppers hiding?” vibe, and while mostly well written, it had clichés too, such as the line churned out by all TV dramas to childless women to suggest they just don’t get it: “Do you have children?” a mother asked Collins. “No, I didn’t think so.” But it was bleakly enjoyable and having watched ahead, it’s not a bad investment. Read full review

The Independent Ed Cumming

Sep 3, 2024

There are a few weird touches, too: at various points she, Adama and Shaw are all depicted in their underwear. It’s not clear why. Matthews is a fatso cop of a sort I thought had gone out of style. He is never more than five seconds away from a Rolo. They are minor points, but they are reflective of a general feeling that this is a dodgy-cop investigation by-numbers. The Tower could have aimed a bit higher. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 26, 2024
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 16, 2024
Season 1

74
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 8, 2021
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  S1:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: August 29, 2023
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: August 28, 2023
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: November 10, 2021
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: November 9, 2021
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: November 8, 2021