It was commissioned by MSN and produced by Endemol Digital Studios and Pure Grass Films.
There are ten episodes, each featuring an old man in a lonely room, filled only with a computer and radio apparatus.
The man continuously tries to contact someone in order to warn them about an impending danger,[clarification needed] the details of which become apparent throughout the series.
[citation needed] One of the walls has a poster, displaying a basic set of rules written on it for the old man's survival.
The main character is played by David Schofield, who is obsessed with sending warning messages to Vivian Villars.