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The Whistle-Blower is a two-part British television drama series, created and written by playwright Patrick Harbinson, first broadcast on BBC1 on 14 April 2001.[1] Billed as the BBC's "Big Easter Drama",[2] the series, which stars Amanda Burton and Bill Patterson, follows Laura Tracey (Burton), a bank employee who places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregularities in her firm's overseas accounts to the National Criminal Intelligence Service. When Laura learns that the transactions relate to a number of South American drug cartels, she and her family are immediately taken into the Witness Protection Programme and relocated.[3]

The Whistle-Blower
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Patrick Harbinson
Directed by	Ben Bolt
Starring	Amanda Burton Bill Paterson Neil Pearson Penelope Wilton Emma Cunniffe Virginia McKenna Richard Johnson Indira Varma Pip Torrens
Composer	Hal Lindes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Pippa Harris Jane Tranter
Producer	Jessica Pope
Cinematography	Peter Middleton
Editor	Jerry Leon
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	BBC Worldwide
Release
Original network	BBC1
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	14 April (2001-04-14) – 15 April 2001 (2001-04-15)

The series broadcast over two consecutive nights, with the concluding episode following on 15 April 2001.[1] The first episode drew 8.02 million viewers, while the second attracted 7.8 million.[4] The series was released on Region 2 DVD in (Germany) and the Netherlands on 19 June 2012, however both titles are now out of print.[5]

Reception

Mark Lawson of The Guardian said of the series; "There's a double irony in the fact that the theme of The Whistleblower is deep disguise. The first is that, in its plot essentials, the two-part drama sometimes feels as if it used to be called something else. Specifically, you feel that the idea was born as The Insider, the classy American movie in which Russell Crowe ratted on the tobacco business."[2]

Cast

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Airdate	UK viewers (million)
1	"Episode 1"	Ben Bolt	Patrick Harbinson	14 April 2001 (2001-04-14)	8.02[4]
A woman places her family in danger when she blows the whistle on a drugs operation in the bank where she works.[6]
2	"Episode 2"	Ben Bolt	Patrick Harbinson	15 April 2001 (2001-04-15)	7.80[4]
Sir Alistair files an appeal, claiming Laura was having an affair with Shearer.[7]

References

External links

The Whistle-Blower at IMDb

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