Mobile (TV series)

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Mobile
Genre	Drama
Starring	Jamie Draven, Keith Allen, Samantha Bond Brittany Ashworth
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Location(s)	Liverpool, Manchester and Wirksworth
Running time	90 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	19 March 2007 – 2 April 2007
External links
IMDb profile

Mobile is a 3-part British television drama series with an interweaving plot based around a fictional mobile phone operator and the adverse-effect of mobile phone radiation to health. The series was screened by ITV in the UK, during March 2007. The cast includes Jamie Draven, Neil Fitzmaurice, Keith Allen, Samantha Bond, Brittany Ashworth and Julie Graham.

The series is set in Liverpool and Manchester, the main action takes place in the present day, with a backstory of events surrounding the 2003 Iraq War. Alongside Liverpool and Manchester, the series was filmed in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway^{[citation needed]}.

Each of the three episodes focuses on a different individual, who is caught up in the overall story. In episode one, Neil Fitzmaurice stars as Eddie Doig, a man who has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. Blaming the long term use of his mobile phone for his condition, he is persuaded by a hypnotist to mount a terror campaign against masts belonging to a fictitious mobile phone company. In episode two, Iraq War veteran and police detective DS John Goodman (Russell Boulter) is also revealed as part of the campaign. A trained marksman, he shoots people using mobile phones, causing fear and panic among the public. Finally, in the last episode, James Corson (Keith Allen), the CEO of the phone company, is kidnapped by Goodman, Goodman's intention being to assassinate Corson. However, the series ends with a terrifying twist as the truth about those behind the terror campaign is revealed.