Collision (TV series)
| Collision | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Created by | Anthony Horowitz |
| Written by | Anthony Horowitz and Michael A. Walker |
| Directed by | Marc Evans |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Eve Gutierrez and Jill Green |
| Running time | 46 mins (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Greenlit Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 9 November – 13 November 2009 |
Collision is a five-part television drama serial, which debuted on ITV & UTV in November 2009. In the same month, it was also on PBS as a series in two parts. It tells the story of a group of strangers whose lives intertwine following a devastating car crash. The crash opens a number of startling revelations as stories of everything from government cover-ups and smuggling, to embezzlement and murder start to unravel.
The series is open-ended, with a number of unresolved issues; moreover, the story is ostensibly resolved in a metafictional manner with a flashback to an incident in the service station and the swatting of a wasp, which precipitates the initial crash, thus allowing the characters to continue on their journeys. The wasp as a motif and theme is frequently in evidence throughout the series.
The original British broadcast of Collision was edited from the original 5 hours (shown in five parts) down to three and a half hours (210 minutes, shown in two parts). The American broadcast on PBS's Masterpiece Contemporary, the Australian broadcast on ABC1 and the Region 1 (America and Canada) DVD release all featured the shortened version. In Australia, Foxtel and Austar's W Channel aired Collision in its original format of five 45-minute episodes (excluding advertisements), Tuesday, 15 March 2011.
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