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The Tower review: Drugs, knives, two-tier policing . . . an honest drama set in lawless London, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS


Lock it or lose it! Fresh out of the police station, young drug dealer Ryan, in The Tower, sped through the streets on his bike and snatched a phone out of a businessman's hands.

Fresh out of the police station, young drug dealer Ryan, in The Tower, sped through the streets on his bike and snatched a phone out of a businessman’s hands. The show made a shaky start three years ago, when the only element helping it stand out from a plethora of police dramas was the orange anorak worn by its central character, DS Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan). Sarah, never afraid to challenge her superior officers, voiced that fear after a boy bled to death on the street: ‘If this was a white girl, you wouldn’t be hesitating.’

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