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FLOOD

UK / ITV1 - Powers / 2x120 minute episodes / Broadcast 2008

Writers: Justin Bodle, Matthew Cope / Book: Richard Doyle / Production Design: Jonathan Lee / Director of Photography: Pierre Jodoin / Producers: Peter McAleese, Michael Prupas, Philip Key, Genevieve Hofmeyr / Director: Tony Mitchell

Disaster drama Flood looks at what could happen when a massive storm causes major tidal surges and floods London. With millions of lives in the balance marin engineer Rob Morrison, and his father Leonard try to reach Rob ex-wife Sam who also just happens to be a Thames Barrier expert.

The two part mini series was based on the book by Richard Doyle. The producers researched the costs of shooting the film in four different territories: The UK, Canada, Hungary and South Africa. The UK ruled itself out first as the most expensive, followed by Canada and Hungary. This left Cape Town, South Africa, which seemed an unlikely prospect Producer Peter McAleese travelled to Cape Town with production designer, Jonathan Lee and director Tony Mitchell and told us "We sent back a package of pictures to Justin and the financiers. This comprised a mix of 'Real London' and 'Cape Town/London.' We didn't label them. We then got a message back saying they loved the London locations but could we send the Cape Town locations? They couldn't tell which was which.”

cast
ROBERT CARLYLE as Rob Morrison
TOM COURTNAY as Leonard Morrison
JOANNE WHALLEY as Patricia Nash
DAVID SUCHET as Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
MARTIN BALL as Wyatt
NIGEL PLANER as Hoskins
RALPH BROWN as Neil


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