schedule
& Run Times
The content and timings of each episode that keep the audience excited for every minute
Schedule
Run Times
In accordance with BBC One's 60 minute time slots, including television advertisements before and after each episode, the lengths of all three episodes are 58 minutes exactly. The below charts display how the content of The Identity's episodes are spread across this time, while factoring in 40 seconds for opening titles and 30 seconds for closing credits.
Episode one
Length
0 - 40 secs
Content
Opening Titles
40 secs - 10 mins
London 1989. Julia (Helen), Kathleen & Frank scenes
Philadelphia, present day. Lauren's life introduction scenes
10 - 20 mins
Helen's accident & hospital scenes
20 - 30 mins
Lauren's discovery, talk with Chris & Helen, and preparing to leave scenes
30 - 40 mins
Lauren's journey to airport, arriving, and meeting Ethan scenes
40 - 50 mins
Lauren boarding the plane, talking with Ethan, and Ethan's shadiness scenes
50 - 57 mins
30 secs
57 mins 30 secs
- 58 mins
Closing credits
Episode two
Length
Content
0 - 40 secs
Opening Titles
Ethan & Lauren arriving in England & having breakfast scenes
40 secs - 10 mins
10 - 20 mins
Library searching & tracking down Frank scenes
Following Frank & discovering his affair and his family scenes
20 - 30 mins
30 - 40 mins
Lauren & Ethan drinking in a bar, Lauren discovering Ethan's secret, and romantic scenes
Lauren leaving Ethan behind, travelling to her birth parents' house & meeting Amanda scenes
40 - 50 mins
50 - 57 mins
30 secs
Amanda & Lauren's conversation, Lauren's replacement realisation, and Frank and Kathleen's arrival scenes
Closing credits
57 mins 30 secs
- 58 mins
Episode Three
Length
Content
0 - 40 secs
Opening Titles
Lauren's talk with Frank, Kathleen & Amanda, and Frank hitting Lauren scenes
40 secs - 10 mins
10 - 20 mins
Lauren getting drunk & bar hopping, and calling Helen scenes
Lauren waking up to Ethan's note, and altercation with Amanda scenes
20 - 30 mins
30 - 40 mins
Frank still having an affair, Kathleen finding out, Lauren leaving for the airport, and Amanda luring her to her house scenes
Lauren entering Amanda's house, Amanda's attack, and Amanda's death scenes
40 - 50 mins
50 - 57 mins
30 secs
Kathleen kicking Frank out, the pair being told about Amanda's death, Lauren reuniting with Ethan, and the pair disappearing together scenes
Closing credits
57 mins 30 secs
- 58 mins
The Identity is internationally broadcast on AMC in America, and BBC One in the UK. Scheduled for Wednesdays at 9pm.