Director: Kris Mrksa
One breach inside a witness protection unit forces an officer to choose between covering her own mistake and exposing a rot she didn't create.
What is Protection about?
The 2024 British series centers on a dedicated witness protection officer whose professional world starts to unravel after a serious security breach. Complicating the crisis is her own secret: an affair with a colleague that leaves her compromised the moment questions start being asked. Rather than retreat, she turns the pressure into resolve, pushing past personal exposure to trace how the breach happened and who inside her own unit let it slip through. The series moves between the mechanics of protecting witnesses and the messier internal politics of the team meant to guard them, using the breach as a way into a broader picture of corruption that predates the incident itself. Kris Mrksa directs the six-part run, keeping the tension procedural rather than melodramatic and letting the officer's dual fight, external and internal, carry the story forward.
Cast & crew
Siobhan Finneran leads as the officer at the center of the breach, playing the role with a controlled intensity that keeps her character's guilt and determination equally visible. Andrew Knott, Alec Newman, and Katherine Kelly fill out a cast of colleagues and suspects whose loyalties shift as the investigation closes in, with veteran performer David Hayman adding weight to the unit's senior ranks.
Context & significance
Produced in the United Kingdom, Protection belongs to a run of recent crime dramas built around institutions meant to protect the vulnerable turning out to have compromised people inside them. Each episode runs roughly forty-five minutes, and the show holds a 6.8 rating on IMDb, reflecting steady reception for its blend of procedural detail and personal stakes.
Where & how to watch
Protection is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting the show's tense investigation play out fully in Farsi. The page itself is open to read without an account, while streaming the series requires a free K-Time login, part of a Persian-language streaming experience built for the Iranian diaspora.