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Prime Target starts off in a way, with a camera circling around, making me think something terrible was about to happen… but I’ll leave that outcome for you to view.
Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall – One Day) is a nerd with a thing for prime numbers, but conversely hopeless with women. He’s very socially awkward and keeps wanting to write down long, drawn-out calculations as if his life depends on it.
Cue creepy people watching others on hidden CCTV, people sending encrypted messages through the interne – but all in large, bold type, so we can read it, too. Meanwhile, Ed sudddenly finds someone’s been in his University dorm and nicked a load of things, then goes elsewhere looking in books and all sorts of places for answer, getting nowhere and then tapping fervently on the table.
Elsewhere, he starts crying to his lecturer, Robert Mallinder (David Morrissey – Daddy Issues), about how the universe is full of self-imposed non-prime numbers, like 24 hours in a day… erm… even though that’s based on how the Earth revolves around the Sun, and not something we have control over. Meanwhile, he tries to draw a parallel with things that have prime number bases, such as the number of chambers in an apple (five). No wonder Robert tells him this is all ‘tin foil hat’-style theory.
Borgen‘s Sidse Babett Knudsen also appears as Mallinder’s better half, Professor Andrea Lavin.
Episode 2 brings more pieces of the puzzle into play, mainly in the form of co-lead Quintessa Swindell (Black Adam) as Taylah Sanders, but Prime Target just feels like a tired piece of clichéd nonsense which we’ve seen so many times before.
Prime Target is on Apple TV+ from today. Initially, two episodes are available, and additional episodes will stream at the rate of two per week.
It isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
Check out the trailer below:
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 40-50 mins per episode (8 episodes)
Release date: January 22nd 2025 (first 2 episodes, then one each week)
Studio: Apple TV+
Format: 2.00:1
Director: Brady Hood
Producer: Sarah-Jane Wheale
Creator: Steve Thompson
Writers: Steve Thompson, Selina Lim, Thomas Martin
Music: Arthur Sharpe
Cast:
Edward Brooks: Leo Woodall
Taylah Sanders: Quintessa Swindell
Professor Robert Mallinder: David Morrissey
Professor Andrea Lavin: Sidse Babett Knudsen
Jane Torres: Martha Plimpton
Professor James Alderman: Stephen Rea
Dr. Charan Nathoo: Maanuv Thiara
Fiona Carey: Daisy Waterstone
Keith Wyatt: Tim Faraday
Brian Brooks: Rod Hallett
Baidaa Saeed: Hiba Bennani
India: Ellie Dormer
Anneli Potts: Gloria Onitiri
Dorothy Hicks: Alison Lintott
Hakeem: Saadi Bahri
Amira: Kenza Kharbouch
Andrew Carter: Harry Lloyd
Adam Mellor: Fra Fee
Dr. Akram Nizar: Ali Suliman
Bogdan Vlahovic: Sergej Onopko
Stephen Patrick Nield: Jason Flemyng
Professor Raymond Osborne: Joseph Mydell
Tom Grayson: Tom Byrne
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