The System: Series 1: Level 2: Sweat Blood

Limelight

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.4 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A witty and propulsive six-part thriller about a mysterious personal development programme. Starring Siena Kelly, Jack Rowan and Iain de Caestecker.

Written by Ben Lewis.

The Past: Jake and his fellow underdogs begin to radically transform their minds and bodies. The Present: Maya’s hunt for their leader gets tense when she realises they might be hunting her.

Alex … Iain de Caestecker Maya … Siena Kelly Jerome… Don Gilét Coyote…Divian Ladwa Beau…Matthew Needham Jake …Jack Rowan

Original music and sound design by Danny Krass Featuring tracks from Equiknoxx music collective

With thanks to Dr Joel Busher at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, University of Coventry.

A BBC Scotland production directed by Kirsty Williams

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	We evolved to do things, to hunt, to fight, to protect.
0:18.0	This is our genetic destiny.
0:20.0	We did not evolve to talk about our feelings.
0:23.5	Emotional intelligence was no help against a Vikings axe. Empathy did not protect you from
0:29.5	a marauding buffalo. A willingness to be vulnerable did not defeat the Nazis. The world is at a
0:36.6	tipping point. Power and wealth are in the hands
0:39.9	of an ever-shinking group of people, and we're going to need to put that right.
0:49.3	The system, level two, sweat blood.
0:53.3	Present day.
0:55.5	A young man half walks, half runs along a path through a field.
0:58.8	Hood up, head down.
1:00.5	Avoiding the eyes of every dog walker, farm worker and ramblery passes.
1:05.1	The rush of traffic on a nearby motorway guides him east.
1:13.6	50 miles away.
1:14.6	A young woman sits in her teenage bedroom,
1:17.6	a wall of photos behind her,
1:19.6	her own smiling face repeated over and over.
1:22.6	In front of her is a box containing some pieces of paper,
1:25.6	a photograph and a gun.
1:28.3	So what the hell do I do now?
1:31.3	Last night my brother went missing.
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