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Basic premise: vampires have co-existed with humanity throughout all our history. In that time they have always fed on us, but now that we have the capacity to destroy ourselves, these vampires will stop at nothing to take control of their threatened food source. Described like this, Ultraviolet sounds rather cliched and 'done before'. So it was with a great pleasure upon watching the six episodes of this DVD that I had discovered a clever, classy, and intriguing series, well worth the investment.
Ultraviolet is a British production, the episodes set mostly in London, so if you’re used to United States production values you won’t find that here. Those who are fans of the hit comedy Coupling might be delighted to learn that the lead in that series, Jack Davenport, is also the lead in Ultraviolet. Stepping out of his comedic shoes, he plays a straight-down-the-line police detective, Michael, who’s secretly in love with the bride of his best friend. When the best friend doesn’t show up for his own wedding, Michael becomes suspicious that his friend is up to no good, especially when he learns that they are both being investigated by a shadowy government organisation run along the same lines as MI5.
