Zimmerman Stein Shallow and predictable. Perfect for an American TV equivalent. The writing is obvious and sensational. The core cast's acting is abominable. The foil, Keeley Hawes is employed as a prop. Her presence is insufferably stilted. The show is a sound effects bonanza. John Lunn's music is dated, generic, and aggressively overused. The most enjoyable moments of the series are in episode five, thanks only to Clive Russell. The director, the writer, and the creator helped to make many episodes of the inspirational 'Waking the Dead', notably the final story, 'Waterloo'. But all the richness of that great show is lost to 'Identity'. This is the police procedural fallen victim to the lowest common denominator and, probably, decision by committee.

Simon D. I have only watched the first episode of the first series. I normally wait until the final episode of any series before putting finger to keyboard, but for some unknown reason I felt I needed to put in an early comment or two. Perhaps it was the bizarre comments of one of the reviewers on here, concerning 'police departments' that egged me on to write this.Firstly, and probably my biggest issue with previous comments. I really don't think it matters much which police department is being featured in a drama. At the end of the day, it's the story that is important, followed closely by scripting. This drama has fast paced dialog, with facts coming at you at lightening pace, and more than once I had to press rewind on the remote in order to try to absorb the information being spoken. The fact that it was identity theft, for me, only made the whole thing more interesting, which is why I specifically sourced this box set, purely on it's subject matter...oh, and Keeley Hawes, who for me, could be the present generation Joanna Lumley! (sorry Joanna, that's not saying that you're not still a huge star and a most engaging orator...smiles).The series could have been about murder, rape, corporate espionage, or perhaps just burglary, and it with this kind of script, and with the acting quality on show, it would still still have been interesting. It's good to see that Aiden Gillen is doing so well since his excellent performances in 'Queer As Folk'. I have a feeling his career is going to continue to move on upwards, and it might not be too far in the distance when his name will be a household name. As for Keeley Hawes, this lady surely has a huge future. Her performances in Spooks should alone have carved out an international movie career, and why they didn't have her play Lara Croft in the movies, I'll never know...her voice will always be the true Lara! On a more serious note, I feel sure Keeley also has a big future, as her beauty and speaking voice will land her international fame before too long.Finally, just on the first episode, I can see that this was ITV's attempt to have a 'Spooks' of their own, and to some degree it works in that respect, although 'Spooks' is definitely the superior article, and focuses on an entirely different subject matter anyway. 'Identity' does succeed though, in bringing to ITV a more involved and complex story line, together with good acting, which I'm sorry to say, ITV doesn't generally compete with the BBC on. For those of us who like their stories more complex, this should certainly appeal. I really hope there's another series planned!

farmertrouser No middle ground on this one - it's either incredibly dull (lots of office scenes in the style of spooks and 24 with the computer experts all staring excitedly at PC screens) or incredibly interesting but completely and frustratingly unbelievable. It would also appear that if Keeley Hawes is involved, the plot line will generally involve her wafting about an office, looking ultra-sophisticated, clutching a file/paper/clipboard and not generally doing a great deal, other than eyeing up a single colleague for future romantic storyline to keep us interested. I've managed to watch two episodes before giving up as I couldn't see where the plot could go(and yes I know there's the other storyline about John and his previous life with the dodgy gangsters that's going to come back to bite him, but given that John's character's not developed enough for me to care about his future, what's the point?) Surely no one would continue to employ someone that is THAT unreliable?? In the real world he'd have lost his job at the end of episode one having stabbed father of villain in the leg (in order to obtain vital information from evil villainous daughter - yes honestly)Am really disappointed. Particularly given the cast list. Bring back Luther.

kindredparadox Identity is a TV Series about identity theft. There are many departments in the police organization. These departments deal with specific criminal activities or way of finding the criminal, i.e. rape, psychology approach (Criminal Minds), etc. "Identity" deals with specific criminal activity that is finding the person who stolen identity of other person and use their identity and again act more serious crime.In the first 15 minutes of episode 1 of season 1 the film rather develop slowly and nearly boring, but after that it get more excited. This film should be more interesting for criminal investigation film buff, for person who likes other genre more I recommend to not watch this.