False Witness (TV Movie 2009)

False Witness: Directed by Peter Andrikidis. With Dougray Scott, Rachael Blake, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Richard Roxburgh. A British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then the MI6 shows up with a new piece of the puzzle.

“u0026quot;False Witnessu0026quot; is an enjoyable enough espionage mini-series which easily kept me watching for more than three hours in two sessions on Australian cable TV on the second weekend in January 2009 in what was claimed to be a u0026quot;World Premiereu0026quot;. Thereu0026#39;s probably very little in it that you havenu0026#39;t seen before though the degree of culpability of the main character Ian Porter (Dougray Scott) had me guessing for a long time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI thought this was a co-production between Australian pay-TV company Foxtel and British TV (BBC?) but apparently itu0026#39;s all-Aussie. The action takes place in London and Sydney and in case youu0026#39;re not sure where we are, every time the location changes we start with a shot of Tower Bridge, the London Eye, Big Ben etc or alternatively Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Opera House. (Incidentally, according to u0026quot;False Witnessu0026quot; every resident of Sydney has a harbor view).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eReal-life couple Dougray Scott and Claire Forlani are a great-looking pair, Clare especially is a stunning-looking young woman. Unfortunately on this evidence Dougray is something of a sleepwalker.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t think I need to explain the plot again as Venus Attack has covered it well but I suspect the couple whose marriage fails after they lose a child in an accident has been done before.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e(The broadcast I watched had sub-titles (which I find helpful) in the second episode but not the first!)”