Prime Target: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Prime Target features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks, on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world. Soon he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it's even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders, a female NSA agent who's been tasked with watching and reporting on the mathematician's behavior. Together they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of.

Series details

• Title: Prime Target
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Thriller
• Premiere date: 2025-01-22
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Apple TV
• Typical episode runtime: 48 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 74666
• IMDb ID: tt31186958
• TVDB ID: 446144

Cast and credited roles

• Leo Woodall — Edward Brooks
• Quintessa Swindell — NSA Agent Taylah Sanders
• Sidse Babett Knudsen — Professor Andrea Lavin
• Stephen Rea — Professor James Alderman
• Fra Fee — Adam Mellor
• Ali Suliman — Dr Akram Nizar
• Martha Plimpton — Jane Torres
• Harry Lloyd — Andrew Carter
• Joseph Mydell — Professor Raymond Osborne
• Jason Flemyng — Stephen Patrick Nield
• David Morrissey — Professor Robert Mallinder

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-01-22; final listed air date 2025-03-05; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Prime Target on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.