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Product DescriptionEdgy, ecological TV thriller from the same stable that made ‘Life on Mars’ and ‘Spooks’. This highly topical drama focuses on the lives of two friends in the oil industry, whose relationship is tested to the full by increasing environmental concerns and the greed of big business. When the head of Arrow Oil retires unexpectedly, Tom McConnell (Rupert Penry-Jones) is asked to step up, with the backing of best friend Mack (Bradley Whitford). Having had a relatively easy ride thus far, Tom suddenly finds himself having to deal with a range of threatening situations, from oil workers in Saudi Arabia being murdered, to getting served with a writ for environmental damages by the Arctic Inuit. As his problems worsen and his personal and professional lives collide, a climate change conference forces him to raise doubts about Mack’s loyalty, especially when claims surface regarding Arrow’s complicity in the Saudi murders.SynopsisThe compelling drama written by Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy.Burn Up is a high-stakes conspiracy thriller in which two friends–power players in the international oil industry–face a series of violent events and shocking revelations that could tear apart their friendship, their business, even civilization as we know it. Rupert Penry-Jones plays Tom McConnell, an up-and-coming oilman whose best friend Mack (Bradley Whitford) calls the shots as Washingtons top oil lobbyist. When environmental activist Holly, played by Neve Campbell, infiltrates Toms company, she opens Toms eyes to a world where the end may be near, and both sides–those fighting climate change and those determined to get rich off the status quo–are willing to kill and be killed. Tom, Mack, and Holly must all decide where their loyalties lie, and how far they are willing to go in order to win.Burn Up takes viewers from the oil fields of Saudi Arabia, to the oil mansions of London; from Arctic villages where thawing gases burst into flame, to the UN convention where the fate of the world hangs in the balance.Burn Up delivers an eviscerating tale of the last great game, where the earth is at stake, and time is running out.