Kidnap and Ransom

Kidnap and Ransom is a British television threepart miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, who is also executive producer of the series.

The first series of Kidnap and Ransom was written by Patrick Harbinson Person of Interest, 24, Law amp Order, directed by Andy Wilson, and filmed entirely in South Africa, including scenes that were set in London. It was commissioned by the ITV and produced by Trevor Eves production company, Projector Pictures, and distributed internationally by Fremantle Media. It was released on DVD in the UK onFebruary 2011.The episode begins with Dominic King Trevor Eve realizing that he has just failed at a negotiated ransom, having paid a group of kidnappers for a corpse. He returns home to London to his wife Sophie Natasha Little who is encouraging him to cut back on his own work in order to be more supportive of her political ambitions, and to his daughter Tess Laura Greenwood who is suddenly very interested in religion. Meanwhile, in South Africa, botanist Naomi Shaffer Fielding is kidnapped by two men during a violent encounter which results in her taxi driver being killed. Her employer in London, Jane Wickham Sharon Maughan, calls upon King to negotiate her release. He does so successfully, travelling to South Africa to oversee the exchange of the ransom for Shaffer. All seems to be going well until the very tradeoff when a second group of violent kidnappers appears, attacking and killing one member of the first group, stealing Shaffer and her second original kidnapper away, and leaving King where he stands, dumbfounded. ........

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