''Thirteen'' is a British drama serial created and written by Marnie Dickens. The series centres on Ivy Moxam (

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), a 26-year-old woman who escapes from the cellar where she has been imprisoned for 13 years, and the impact on her family. The first episode was released on

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in the UK on 28 February 2016. It began airing on

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in the United States on 23 June 2016. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Two a week after its release, with the first on 6 March 2016. In Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East, the series began airing in the middle of August 2016. On 27 March 2016, Dickens stated that there would not be a second series of the show as it was intended to be one-off.

Cast

as Ivy Moxam * Aneurin Barnard as Tim Hobson * Valene Kane as D.S. Lisa Merchant * Richard Rankin as D.I. Elliott Carne *

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as Christina Moxam * Stuart Graham as Angus Moxam * Peter McDonald as Mark White *Joe Layton as Craig Watts * Katherine Rose Morley as Emma Moxam *Eleanor Wyld as Eloise Wye *

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as Chief Supt Burridge *

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as Henry Stone *Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Yazz * Melina Matthews as Sofía Marín *

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as Alia Symes *Colin Mace as DSI Harold Winters * Suzette Llewellyn as Angela Hill *

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as Jesse

Episodes

Production

The series was shot on location in

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. The finale is set in a house in the

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suburb of Bristol, featuring the

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, which is mentioned by name in the show. The title music is "In Your Dreams" from the album ''Wild Go'' by Dark Dark Dark. The final episode features a cover of Royal Blood's " Out of the Black" by Billie Marten.

DVD release and streaming

''Thirteen'' was released on DVD on Region 2 in the United Kingdom and Ireland from

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on 18 April 2016, on Region 1 in the United States and Canada via Acorn DVD and BBC DVD on 2 August 2016, and on Region 4 in Australia on 7 September 2016. The series has also been released on DVD in Germany from distribution company Polyband on 27 January 2017. The series is also available for streaming or purchase via

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, and was available for streaming on the BBC iPlayer until mid-2020.

References

External links

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