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The Whistleblowers (2007)
Lawyers Ben Graham and Alisha Cole are a happy couple whose world is rocked when they accidentally glimpse a moment of injustice. Drawn into an underbelly of corruption and conspiracy, they try to report what they have seen but find themselves enemies of the state. Determined to put things right, Ben and Alisha set up an agency to support whistleblowers: people who refuse to turn a blind eye to corruption and will risk everything to expose the truth.
Writing:
Release Date:
Thu, Sep 27, 2007
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Indira Varma
Alisha Cole
Season 1:
Ben and Alisha witness the kidnapping of an innocent terrorist suspect. Unable to forget what they've seen, they are drawn into an investigation that turns their world upside down.
Ben and Alisha try to persuade a whistleblower to expose a sinister pharmaceutical company that has inadvertently released a virus and now wants to make millions from the cure.
A teenage suicide uncovers a regime of negligence, bullying, propaganda and corruption in local schools. Eventually a teacher exposes the real reason why it is driving children to desperation.
An immigration officer speaks out over corruption in the service and Ben and Alisha soon discover a web of gangsters, corrupt officers, lawyers and politicians with a shocking agenda.
Ben and Alisha are drawn into the dark machinations of the drinks industry. A lobbyist plays dirty to thwart them until his young daughter ends up in hospital with alcohol poisoning.
Pollution, corruption and allegations of insider trading mean Ben and Alisha have to balance public health with personal interests. Their decision brings success, but at a high price.
