Prime Target is a thriller miniseries created by Steve Thompson and starring Leo Woodall as a mathematician. It premiered on Apple TV+ on 22 January 2025, consisting of 8 episodes.

Premise

A post-graduate mathematics student discovers an effort being made to destroy his work in finding a pattern in Prime numbers that would allow him to access every computer in the world.

Cast

= Main

= Leo Woodall as Edward Brooks, a mathematics student at Cambridge University. Quintessa Swindell as Taylah Sanders, an NSA agent remotely spying on various academics. Sidse Babett Knudsen as Professor Andrea Lavin, Robert Mallinder's wife, an archaeologist and professor at Cambridge. David Morrissey as Professor Robert Mallinder, a mathematics professor who died under suspicious circumstances. Stephen Rea as Professor James Alderman Fra Fee as Adam Mellor Joseph Mydell as Professor Raymond Osborne Jason Flemyng as Stephen Patrick Nield Martha Plimpton as Jane Torres Harry Lloyd as Andrew Carter Ali Suliman as Dr. Akram Nizar

= Recurring

= Maanuv Thiara as Dr. Charan Nathoo Sergej Onopko as Bogdan Vlahovic

= Guest

= Daisy Waterstone as Fiona Carey Tim Faraday as Keith Wyatt Rod Hallett as Brian Brooks Tom Stourton as Ricky Olson Sofia Barclay as Safiya Zamil Tom Byrne as Tom Grayson

Episodes

Production

It was announced in February 2024 that Apple TV+ had greenlit the series, created by Steve Thompson. Principal photography took place in Windsor in May 2023, with other filming locations reported to include London. Filming took place in Cambridge in August 2023.

Release

Prime Target was released on Apple TV+ on 22 January 2025, with the first two episodes available immediately and followed by one episode on a weekly basis until the eighth and final episode on 5 March.

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 46% approval rating with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 41 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "(Goofy concept + likable ensemble) ÷ sludgy pacing = an attractive but mediocre globetrotting series." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 55 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

References

External links

Prime Target at IMDb