The Tower (2021)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.

• Released: 2021-11-08
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Seasons: 3, 11 episodes
• Episode length: 46m
• Network: ITV1, BritBox
• Status: Canceled
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 84 votes

Created by Patrick Harbinson.

Top cast

• Gemma Whelan as DI Sarah Collins
• Tahirah Sharif as DC Lizzie Adama
• Jimmy Akingbola as DC Steve Bradshaw
• Emmett J. Scanlan as DI Kieran Shaw
• Bobby Lockwood as DC Lee Coutts
• Ella Smith as DS Elaine Lucas
• Karl Davies as DCS Tim Bailie
• Michael Karim as PC Arif Johar
• Daniel Adegboyega as Shakiel Oliver
• Laurie Delaney as Mary Shaw

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Tower

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on The Roku Channel; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; watch free on ITVX, STV Player; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on BritBox Amazon Channel, BritBox, Britbox Apple TV channel; watch free on Amazon Prime Video; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: stream on BritBox, Britbox Apple TV channel, BritBox Amazon Channel; buy on Apple TV Store

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