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The Last Enemy
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The Last Enemy

Sun, Feb 17, 2008
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

Reclusive mathematician Stephen Ezard returns to England after years in China, finds his brother's widow, and becomes entangled in a plot involving a new national database (TIA) and a terrorist scheme.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    as Stephen Ezard
  • Anamaria Marinca
    Anamaria Marinca
    as Yasim Anwar
  • Max Beesley
    Max Beesley
    as Michael Ezard
  • Robert Carlyle
    Robert Carlyle
    as David Russell
  • Eva Birthistle
    Eva Birthistle
    as Eleanor Brooke
  • Geraldine James
    Geraldine James
    as Barbara Turney
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Episodes

1 season · 5 episodes

Ended · 5 aired
Season 1
5 episodes · 5 aired
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  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Sun, Feb 17, 2008 · 83m

    Returning to England for his brother's funeral, Stephen Ezard falls in love with his brother's widow, Yasim, becomes a pawn in a government surveillance scheme, and is pursued by a crazed rogue agent.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Sun, Feb 24, 2008 · 60m

    Noted microbiologists are dying at an alarming rate as Stephen tries to learn the cause of death of the beautiful woman found in his apartment. Yasim suspects that her late husband, Michael, stumbled on the secret before being blown up by a landmine in Afghanistan.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Sun, Mar 2, 2008 · 60m

    Stephen and Yasim join forces with rogue agent Russell to get to the bottom of a bio-weapons conspiracy that may be connected to a government surveillance program called Total Information Awareness (TIA).

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Sun, Mar 9, 2008 · 60m

    Reunited with Michael, who is back from the dead, Stephen and Yasim agree to help him find the truth about a mysteriously contaminated hepatitis B vaccine. Stephen ends up stripped of his identity and homeless.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Sun, Mar 16, 2008 · 60m

    Sick from the same adulterated vaccine that has been killing refugees, Michael seeks help from Professor Cooper (Paul Higgins), a microbiologist. Sent to retrieve blood samples from other victims, Stephen has a startling revelation.