Kidnap and Ransom is a three part drama that was aired onto ITV1, it was a serial drama meaning you have had to watch every episode to understand what was going on. The main action is set in India as a holiday destination however it cuts back to England where the main offices are. The opening title was played 5 minutes into the programme, so the first five minutes were crucial. As I watched it online, I could have easily switched over so they had to make this section, especially, very gripping which is what happened.
Storyline:
This series follows the work of British Hostage Negotiater Dominic King as he tries to help a bus load of tourists that had visited India. The episode begins with King disposing of a body like form from a small boat in a lake, a flashback then reveals his travels two weeks earlier to Srinagar in Kashmir to negotiate the hostage release of a British family. After the exchange, police interfer which leads to a shooting of one of the negotiators. The two other kidnappers then flee the scene and in a panic, run onto a tour bus and hold it hostage. Dominic then tries to negotiate to allow the tourists to be freed at the same time persuading the police not too shoot. The Indian sniper team then get involved which causes the kidnappers to become more and more aggresive wanting to kill them. However, during negotiations, King realises that one of the tourists is the daugher of the British Foreign Secretary, which changes the stance of the UK government.
Character Types:
The characters mainly depend on policing, these characters are all very strong and will fight for their word.
Dominic King has a way with words and can talk his way around the kidnappers to get what is best for the tourists but this is his job. He also is very smart and knows just how to get his own way- for example he gets a teammember to send him a photo of the bullet that shot the escapee tourist, this then helped the investigators which allowed him to get his own way of talking to the kidnappers.
Iconography:
- Flashbacks
- Police stations
- Press conferences
- Sniper teams
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