Cracking the code

Leo Woodall plays a maths genius whose theories spark a global conspiracy

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Prime Target

A brilliant young mathematician finds himself in deadly peril when he makes a breakthrough that threatens global security in a tense conspiracy thriller from Apple TV+.

Eight-part series Prime Target follows Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall), who's on the verge of succeeding where the finest minds in history have failed - by finding a pattern in prime numbers.

It's an achievement that could have huge consequences for the planet. The random nature of prime numbers means they are the basis for all digital encryption, protecting everything from the world's banks to the nuclear weapons of global superpowers.

However, if someone unlocked a sequence behind prime numbers, then the codes for all these things could be at risk, placing a host of governments and powerful organisations on the brink of disaster...