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Wired has spot-on timing

There's timing, and then there's timing - and Wired could be almost too pertinent for its own good.

The story, about a bank worker forced to set up phantom accounts so the money can disappear, comes at a time when the world seems set for financial meltdown.

While it would normally stretch the boundaries of credibility, after the week we've just had anything seems possible - probable, even.

Not only is Wired unbelievably timely, it also has a great actress at its heart - Jodie Whittaker.

She plays Louise Evans, recently promoted to customer advisor for high net worth at ZBG Banking.

A single mum always needs cash - and her best friend Anna might have the answer. Anna's boyfriend Phillip offers £10,000 if she will help him to defraud one of ZBG's largest clients.

When Louise is forced to help Phillip set up a con at her big bank, her only ally is gallant pal Crawford, played by a downbeat Toby Stephens.

She doesn't realise that Crawford is a cop, and he is closely following her as she gets drawn deeper into the dark murky world of bank fraud.

She is also petrified that the fraudsters will do some harm to her defenceless daughter.

Even as recently as a year ago the idea of money simply disappearing from banks would have seemed preposterous - they are as safe as, err, houses...

Now however it all seems horribly believable - people with cash invested in Iceland may have seen it vanish this week, and there is a general air of deep financial insecurity.

While the programme doesn't get too technical, it all seems credible.

In a normal week Wired would be seen as a decent if slightly stretched thriller, but in the current financial climate it seems all too real.

Whittaker makes a fine heroine, managing to be wholly sympathetic even though she is guilty of a bit of double-dealing herself.

Worth watching, if you can take a drama about bank accounts.
Wired, Monday, 9pm, ITV1

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