Second Sight (TV series)

Second Sight is a British television crime drama, principally written and created by Paula Milne, that first aired on BBC One on 9 January 2000. Originally broadcast as a single two-part pilot, before being followed by a series of three two-part stories, Second Sight follows DCI Ross Tanner (Clive Owen), a maverick cop who finds out that he has a rare disease which is causing him to go blind. Tanner's boss, Superintendent Lawson (Thomas Wheatley), little suspects that the man he named to head the elite Specialist Elite Murder Unit is losing his sight. Tanner struggles to keep his condition a secret, but soon asks himself how long can he keep solving crimes that not even the fully sighted can fathom.

The series also follows Tanner's battles with his irrepressible Inspector, Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), who urges him to tell the truth for the sake of his own health. Rebecca Egan also co-stars as Tanner's long-suffering wife, Marilyn; while Benjamin Smith appears as his son, Sam.

The complete series was later released on DVD on 24 July 2006 via 2|Entertain.

Cast

 * Clive Owen as DCI Ross Tanner
 * Claire Skinner as DI Catherine Tully
 * Selina Boyack as DC Tanya Holt
 * Rupert Holliday-Evans as DS Robert Pewsey
 * Mark Bazeley as DI Michael Boyd (series)
 * Akbar Kurtha as DC Mohammad Chad (series)
 * Frank Harper as DS Tommy Finch
 * Alexander Morton as DS Eddie Julian
 * Thomas Wheately as Supt Jim Lawson (series)
 * Rebecca Egan as Marilyn Tanner
 * Benjamin Smith as Sam Tanner