Seemingly at the top of his game, Vincent speeds between meetings and conferences ... using his cell phone to share the smallest detail of his professional life with his admiring wife, Murie who doesn't know that he is leading a double life.

24 as surely everyone knows by now, is a thriller that takes place over 24 hours, midnight to midnight, in 24 one-hour episodes. Geddit? This was must-see television, and underlined the fact that British made drama is generally old and stale.