the four-episode first series aired from 7 july 2011 until 28 july 2011. to launch the show, frayne walked on water across the river thames outside the houses of parliament, in front of a crowd who had gathered on westminster bridge. the first series was filmed in london, miami and los angeles, and racked up 6.69 million viewers in the uk, leading to uktv renewing the show for a second and third series in february 2012.