thou kill premiere episode british television series aired bbc united_kingdom episode written series creator directed thou kill focuses activities stopping pro life movement smuggled explosive devices family planning doctors episode title reference sixth pilot went separate story changes bbc satisfied plot rewritten following september attacks purpose acknowledging series premise battling terrorism filming took place london england long lens camera idea split screen regularly series came filming wrapped episode inspired american television series following broadcast pilot seen million viewers easily winning time slot having nearly doubled viewership time ratings went producers expectations critics gave varied responses episode plot car bomb liverpool killing family planning doctor severely injuring young daughter sarah section case learns assets group responsible smuggled bombs country following team learn terrorist responsible smuggling bombs killing american pro life smuggled country assumed setting cells section learn kane setting attacks tribute husband death row florida following series attacks abortion tracking movements cell pressure kane united_states action seriously hinder efforts find cells stop time signs forms kane meantime goes undercover pose cell member rachel hospital treated sarah later die extent injuries senior case officer team leader attempts persuade stop kane believing little regard life rachel leaves unbeknownst bug mobile phone record phone conversation makes cell target doctor living london tom team able sullivan safety whilst poses target team kane deliver bomb car prepares detonate mobile phone counter attack jams signal long tom arrest interrogation tom promises send state death penalty apply exchange locations cell runs tom goes deal delivers kane cia liaison returns florida executed course episode tom enters relationship civilian following unrelated operation events episode going pseudonym civil servant matthew archer production script episode went drafts separate stories bbc satisfied ordered series writing pilot completed september terrorist attacks attacks took place producers decided add mention events episode order acknowledge fact series fighting terrorism writer decided use cover story according enormous thought technical fact understand according series producer people reluctant asking questions scene cat escaped operation bug kane cottage ensuing search rain mirrored experience early career intended episode established spies plan heavily operations things wrong main cast attracted appearing hearing involvement series cast advised officers order help insight characters operate spy world personal lives affected character heather cave ellie daughter created believed children best spies seen tom episode series guest starred producers sufficiently impressed performance later return second series principal photography took place november december majority filming long lens proved difficult filming location short space cuts minutes episode quickly introduce main characters filming took entirely london london locations doubled liverpool locations including hospital filmed hospital scenes episode shot scenes set cottage filmed surrey cottage dubbed cottage hell according director small size hall london served filming location headquarters hall chosen producers felt buildings similar architecture grid set filmed medical school located film scenes kane arrested filming proved difficult reset scene times idea split screening came visiting pub night filming wrapped audio commentary episode stated inspired american series uses split screen aware news report covering mary past activities real life news united_states edited music composed spent hours putting pieces background music episode centred posing target publicity shots series shots long hair fact short blonde hair broadcast reception pilot broadcast monday time slot producers hoping ratings pilot achieve million viewers cent audience share time considered acceptable ratings bbc allow consider future episode ended overnight rating million viewers cent audience share easily winning time slot nearly doubling numbers viewed million cent share slot final numbers posted broadcasters website slightly million viewers making pilot seventh viewed bbc broadcast tenth viewed broadcast total week aired guardian called shiny series adding bed dawn pretext sell house tends wear thin banks smith called story slightly unexpected stated appears authenticity moments moment stupid true independent felt different kind spy drama literal description derived sort story imagine told staff social lot naturally dramas colleagues small talk instead launch straight urgent times stated bears closer resemblance shaded pleasure opening episode felt end episode established voice telegraph thought episode proved thoroughly entertaining praised writing felt confident playful subject especially britain poor relation relationship america radio_times said episode series looks like going great fun presumably meant taken seriously surely life exciting
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