Prime Target review — Leo Woodall shows that equations can be deadly

Math geeks are probably the most dangerous people on the planet. Hoof! Strong words. But not mine, reader. They are spoken to by an American national security agent, Taylah Sanders (Quintessa Swindell), in the naffly named Primary target (Apple TV+), a boisterous but entertaining thriller in which Ed (Leo Woodall), a rude but brilliant mathematics post-grad at Cambridge, is solving a riddle by finding a pattern in prime numbers that can destroy defense systems and banks, hospitals, governments, causing global chaos. Because, you see, “prime” is the cornerstone of all digital security. Digital locks are based on randomly selected prime numbers. Quick, some page Carol Vorderman.

I have to say Woodall, great as he was The white lotus and One day and now a