Wired

"Wired" is a taut, well-written, well-acted thriller guided by a strong director. The star and lead actress, Jodie Whitaker, has delivered a particularly powerful, consistent and believable performance. She is a very attractive and engaging talent who very definitely deserves richer and more frequent opportunities to shine. Ms. Whitaker not only held her own with the likes of her co-stars, Laurence Fox and Toby Stephens, but even occasionally showed glimmers of upstaging them. The previous commenter from the UK (???23) could not possibly have been more wrong or misleading in the misguided bad notice they posted here in January of 2009! So astoundingly far from the truth was that unwarranted rant, that it appears sufficiently suspect to make one wonder as to whether the true source and motivation might be that of a rival network or production company! "Wired" is a not quite a 5-star masterpiece and may not have been worthy of BAFTA's, but it is an excellent thriller, time well-spent and a production of which ITV should feel proud.

As an avid fan of things British, I feel more than slightly disappointed with this bit of fluff. Obviously, it was supposed to be a serious, tout thriller set in the financial world of high banking, where different kind of gangsters perform their crimes with very little or no punishment. Unfortunately, it was deeply flawed in it's badly written one-dimensional characters. There are bunch of cartoonish villains, some wooden policemen and incredibly irritating leading female character, that one just couldn't care less about. It is hard to feel excitement and compassion for cardboard figures so far removed from anything remotely connected with real life. And I couldn't and I didn't. It was just passable two hours and 15 minutes and nothing else.

With such a stellar cast, it sounded really promising. The plot was messy, the script really amateurish and the ending as unclear as most of the storyline.

There was too much gratuitous and unnecessary violence and there were no subtle or clever parts in any of the three episodes.

It was as though the writer's main plan was to confuse the viewers further and further and then he or she either didn't bother to untangle the mess or because they had got everything in such a horrendous muddle they weren't actually able to!!! The actors did the best they could but one can't make the proverbial purse out of a sow's ear!!! Nothing was explained and so many things seemed absolutely senseless or irrelevant. Please bring this great cast back but with a MUCH better series, to make it worth their time and to ensure you actually do impress your viewers and critics and have a series that ITV can be proud of! A TV series that will go down in history as a major success!

Excellent crime drama starring many familiar faces including Jason Watkins, Toby Stephens and Jodie Whittaker as the lead. Louise is a hard up single mum working in a bank who has the opportunity to earn some exrtra money by simply opening a bogus account for Phillip Manningham, played by Laurence Fox, who represents a ruthless crime syndicate. Louise accidentally meets Toby Stephens in the club Fox runs, not knowing he is a Police Officer investigating the dodgy characters at said club. After an intimate evening with Stephens she discovers he is a cop and what follows is a fast moving series of events leading up to the theft of £250m from a prominent businessman played by Gary Lewis. A lot happens in this three part series, without any padding or waffle. Recommended.

Corruption in the world of high Finance. When a big deal is on the table, all and sundry are in for the kill.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, I must have watched it when it first went out, and liked it, but having just rewatched it, I absolutely loved it. Three episodes flew by, you think something is happening, there is a lot of misdirection.

It's loaded with twists and turns, it's one of those dramas where you really don't know who's who, and exactly who's up to what, you will be left guessing until the final scenes.

The acting is excellent, Toby Stephens, Riz Ahmed, Sacha Dhawan and Laurence Fox, however the true star of the show is Jodie Whittaker, who really shows how good she is.

Slick, stylish and exciting. 9/10.