The Hour (2011)

Directed by

Coky Giedroyc

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 99 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s London, a team of journalists launches a new current affairs program on the BBC. They navigate workplace rivalries, personal secrets, and political pressures while covering world events like the Hungarian Revolution and the Suez Crisis.

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What happens

The Hour is a British television drama series broadcast on BBC. The series was centred on a fictional current-affairs show being launched by the World Service in June 1956, at the time of the Hungarian Revolution and Suez Crisis. It stars Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, and Romola Garai, with a supporting cast including Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Burn Gorman, Anton Lesser, Anna Chancellor, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Oona Chaplin. It was written by Abi Morgan (also one of the executive producers, alongside Jane Featherstone and Derek Wax). The series premiered on BBC Two and BBC Two HD on 19 July 2011 each Tuesday at 9 pm. Each episode lasts 60 minutes, with Ruth Kenley-Letts as producer and Coky Giedroyc as lead director. It was commissioned by Janice Hadlow, Controller, BBC Two, and Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning and produced by Kudos Film and Television. Hornsey Town Hall was used for much of the filming. Following the airing of the final episode of the first series, it was announced that a second series had been commissioned, which was co-produced by American network BBC America. It premiered on 14 November 2012 in the UK and on 28 November 2012 in the United States. On 12 February 2013, it was announced by the BBC that the series would not continue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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