Born to Kill (2017)

Genre

drama, crime

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

19

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager named Sam seems like an ordinary schoolboy but secretly has psychopathic tendencies. The series follows his relationships with his mother, girlfriend, and classmates as his dangerous side emerges.

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What happens

Born to Kill is a British television drama, produced by World Productions, that was first broadcast on Channel 4 from 20 April to 11 May 2017. The four-part serial stars Jack Rowan as Sam Woodford, a seemingly ordinary 16-year-old schoolboy who harbours secret psychopathic tendencies. The series also stars Romola Garai as Sam's mother, Jenny; Lara Peake as Sam's girlfriend, Chrissie; Earl Cave as Sam's only friend, Oscar; Daniel Mays as Chrissie's father, Bill; and Richard Coyle as Sam's father, Peter. The series was written and created by Tracey Malone and Kate Ashfield, becoming Malone's second original television production following Rillington Place. The series is distributed worldwide by BBC Worldwide. The series serves as Rowan's first leading television role, having only previously appeared as a regular character in Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. The series achieved average viewing figures for its time slot, with 2.43 million viewers tuning in for episode one, and a slight drop to 1.74 million for episode two. The complete series was released on DVD on 12 June 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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