Prime Target is a thriller series coming to Apple TV Plus in 2025, with Leo Woodall and Quintessa Swindell leading an all-star cast that also includes Harry Lloyd, Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babbett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng and Fra Fee.
Prime Target follows brilliant young math post-graduate, Edward Brooks, played by Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, One Day), who is about to make a major breakthrough in finding a pattern in prime numbers. Should he succeed Edward will hold the key to every computer in the world.
Here's everything you need to know about the eight-part conspiracy thriller, which will arrive on Apple TV Plus in 2025 and promises to be one of the best Apple TV Plus series of the year so far...
Prime Target release date
Prime Target launches worldwide on Apple TV Plus from Wednesday January 22 2025, two episodes from Weds 22 Jan, then weekly every Wednesday.
Is there a Prime Target trailer?
Yes Apple TV+ has now released its trailer for Prime Target which starts with cocky young math genius Edward Brooks showing off to his tutor. Take a look below...
Prime Target plot
Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall) is a brilliant mathematician who seems likely to make a major breakthrough in finding a significant pattern in prime numbers. This would mean Edward would have the key to every computer in the world.
Edward hasn’t considered the dangers surrounding his idea until his new tutor, Robert Mallinder (David Morrissey), destroys his thesis and he begins to suspect an unseen enemy is working to destroy his idea before it’s even born. This throws Edward into the orbit of Taylah Sanders (Quintessa Swindell), a female NSA agent who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on math genius Edward's behavior. Together they begin to piece together the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of.
Prime Target cast — Leo Woodall on playing Edward Brooks
Leo Woodall plays super-brains mathematician Edward Brooks in Prime Target. "Edward is focused on making this breakthrough at any cost and he doesn’t really care about himself or others," explains Woodall, 28, whose credits include The White Lotus. ‘He can be blunt and sometimes rude, but his main priority and drive is to find a pattern in prime numbers. Throughout the series, he realises people could get hurt. It becomes very dangerous.|
Leo Woodall says he had a passion for maths at school and undertook additional classes before filming the project, but he quickly realised he wasn’t going to understand everything his character does. "Honestly, there is not a lot that Edward and I have in common which is why I wanted to do the role," he says. "I knew it would be a challenge to get into the mind of someone who is not like me at all."
* Leo Woodall achieved worldwide fame in 2022 for playing hot British stud Jack in the HBO/Sky Atlantic series The White Lotus season 2. Leo also starred in the hit Netflix romantic drama One Day, plus had roles in Vampire Academy, Cherry and Holby City. He’s also due to star in Prime Video's 2023 series Citadel and the film Nomad.
Quintessa Swindell on playing Taylah Sanders
In Prime Target Quintessa Swindell plays NSA agent Taylah Sanders. "Taylah is strong-willed, brave, and stands up for what she believes in," explains Swindell, 27. "What was most challenging about playing Taylah was that she stayed mysterious to me. I never really knew what to expect, or what choices she would end up making in the end."
* Quintessa Swindell has previously starred in the films Black Adam, Voyagers and Master Gardener.
Who else is starring in Prime Target
There's an all-star cast for Prime Target which includes David Morrissey (Sherwood, Missing, The Walking Dead) as Edward's tutor Robert Mallinder. Borgen’s Sidse Babett Knudsen) who plays Robert Mallinder’s wife, Andrea — a respected professor and historian specializing in Islamic antiquities – is one of the few people who believes Edward’s assertion that darker forces are at play. Martha Plimpton (A Town Called Malice) plays mysterious Jane Torres.
Other cast includes Stephen Rea, ), , Sidse Babbett Knudsen (Borgen), Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee (Lost Boys & Fairies) and Joseph Mydell.
Behind the scenes and more on Prime Target
Prime Target is crreated by award-winning writer Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Vienna Blood) who is also executive producer. This drama is produced for Apple TV+ by New Regency with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free. Acclaimed writer and director Brady Hood (Top Boy, Great Expectations) directs all eight episodes and also serves as executive producer.
Ed Rubin is executive producer for New Regency alongside Beth Pattinson, Emma Broughton, Yariv Milchan, Arnon Milchan and Michael Schaefer. Marina Brackenbury is executive producer for Scott Free along with David W. Zucker and Ridley Scott. Series producer is Laura Hastings-Smith, who also serves as executive producer.
