looking looking second episode british espionage television series aired bbc united_kingdom episode written series creator directed episode focuses efforts bringing right wing leader believed planning series race riots storyline originally slated finale series pushed forward producers pressured deliver story bbc filming took weeks december original broadcast episode viewed million decline million episode strongest performer time slot episode marked death main character met considerable controversy perceived violence complaints marked highest number complaints television programme plot suspect right wing leader planning series race riots team led attempts bug home find impossible home high tech equipment find abuses wife claire believing claire vulnerable recruitment section start operation tasks runner recruiting pick runner alcoholism involved road traffic accident junior administrative officer step pose married couple substitute community college claire attending initially succeed invited dinner home visit catches helen addressing tom boyfriend husband helen makes suspicious later contacts revealed freelance journalist discovers harvey murdered tom helen gain claire trust recruit agrees help exchange week account transport world meantime cargo illegal immigrants intercepted throw cargo overboard drowning believing change routes investigate discover link shipment information gathered discover intends choke asylum system holding centres followers stir race riots encourage independent member parliament jacob raise issue asylum house_of_commons tom helen prepare kidnapped gang taken kitchen waste management plant interrogation knowing officers demands tom knows operation tom fails cooperate forces helen hand followed head deep shooting tom suffer fate claire throws cigarette buying tom time escape return thames house tom harry disgusted hear powers action order track movements far right groups end episode harry assassinated receives photographs dead refugees washed beach presumably sent note reading happy wash production writing pre production episode storyline including helen death meant series finale second episode written series producer deliver story bbc month result episode brought forward second slot episode began bang series creator writer pressure efforts episode second writing stage introduced story arc involving obsession money spending apparently writer arc created officers original screenplay spend mother included suggestions friends girlfriend early scene place shower room rewritten producers thought audience instance long sequence place sea concerning dropping illegal immigrants water scenes cut filming time constraints deciding waste disposal originally going head security company funeral scene end episode inspired godfather end script rewritten times bbc took final version episode cast antagonist chosen producers thought perfect play case portrayed wife child actor played son chosen likeness younger version wife cameo appearance operator filming filming took place days period december filmed order script scenes set residence instance filmed days episodes scenes took place separate parts episode parts introduction scenes team break house actually filmed grid set parts sequence originally filmed sound sound later added post production footage drowned immigrants found shore shot second unit headed producer courtyard double beach exterior scenes night filmed street wet lights kick ground episode editing suite series edited set shopping centre shepherd bush london scene airport shopping centre filmed rugby club safe house tom helen appointed filmed separate locations locations interrogation scene pilot episode thou kill scene tom driving operation car fact towed error episode car looked taller cars road shoot death scene wrote death scene intention giving audience impression series safe according producer idea kill main character involved female getting head set fire later series decided let dramatic thing got episode kill actress audience recognise considered cast member series introduced got hooked stated shooting death scene emotionally draining tough perform forces arm rubber arm double arm furthermore oil fact cold tea food colour director wanted little torture seen possible wanted sequence psychological easier audience know burnt helen shot producer wanted realistic sense violence cartoon violence blows head iron bars leave small crushed gunshot wounds leave neat parts anatomy victims fights walked away barely mark broadcast reception controversy episode broadcast time slot achieved overnight viewing figures million cent audience share ratings million pilot episode previous week regardless looking won time slot finale episode drama came second million viewers cent share final numbers posted broadcasters website went slightly million viewers making episode ninth viewed bbc broadcast nineteenth viewed broadcast total week aired episode attracted controversy following demise hand head forced deep death scenes attracted complaints television highest number complaints television programme wake complaints bbc admitted scenes clearly disturbed viewers defended decision scene audience kind threat faced agents engaged fight terrorism stated despite shocking content context acceptable important later narrative criticised bbc failing warn viewers violence come refuted stating clear warning programme began missed subject matter episode conspiracy stir inter racial violence man clearly beat wife hardly stuff little fantasies stated watching episode friends commended criticised work got angry phone calls friends day saying nice responded controversy believing came result male fans commended scene series general stating guardian column moment head forced deep fat viewers formulaic end cutter populist dramas like casualty sat disbelief major bbc drama series actually nerve expectation january poll fans voted helen death shocking death scene series drawing votes
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