Maisie Williams plays Kim, a twenty-something raised off-grid by her paranoid mother Tina (Sian Clifford) after her father’s violent death. A first trip to the pub with bumbling brothers Nicky (Mawaan Rizwan) and Jay (Taheen Modak) ends with Kim accidentally stealing £2 million from gangster Jimmy (Sean Pertwee) and triggering the titular deadline. Six half-hour episodes follow the trio across Scotland’s Highlands as Jimmy’s henchwoman Thompson (Thalissa Teixeira) closes in and family secrets surface.
Writer Gaby Hull blends splatter slapstick with genuine grief: Kim’s homemade grenades sit beside flashbacks of her father’s murder, while Clifford’s Tina flips between feral protector and wounded parent without warning. The tone wobbles, yet the brisk runtime keeps the body count and jokes arriving at equal pace. Director Al Campbell shoots chase scenes like music videos, Toydrum’s synth score pulses, and Williams deadpans lines about squirrel recipes while dispatching assassins with a hammer.
Sky One dumped all six instalments on 2 September 2020 before the channel itself vanished in 2021; HBO Max picked it up for US viewers in November. No second series was commissioned, leaving Kim’s final blood-soaked stand as her only on-screen outing.
Production Details
Sky One / 1 Season / 6 Episodes / 2020
Created by: Gaby Hull
Showrunner(s): Phil Temple, Josh Cole, Morwenna Gordon
Writer(s): Gaby Hull, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Lucy Montgomery
Producer(s): Charlotte Surtees
Cinematography: Mattias Nyberg
Music: Pablo Clements
Main Cast
Maisie Williams as Kim Noakes
Mawaan Rizwan as Nicky Malik
Sian Clifford as Tina Noakes
Taheen Modak as Jay Malik
Thalissa Teixeira as Thompson
Kerry Howard as Beth
Jason Flemyng as Brooks
Michael Begley as Ian
Sean Knopp as Kim's Dad
Tony Pritchard as Carl
Sean Pertwee as Jimmy
