COBRA stands for Cabinet Office Briefing Room and is used here as the code word identifier for the emergency calling together of the Prime Minister, the 22 cabinet secretaries as well as heads of the military and intelligence agencies and any other officials deemed necessary to the issue at hand.. Also included would be the most trusted aides and advisers of the aforementioned, but only those with the requisite security level clearance. COBRA meetings are not held in the formal Cabinet Room located upstairs in #10 but instead are specially held in a below ground bunker type faculty with state of the art communications.
On Wednesday, 12th February 2020, Sky Television announced that has commissioned a 6-episode second series of the drama. Series two is expected to air in 2021.
A political drama set in Westminster. Prime Minister Robert Sutherland, (Carlyle), and Chief of Staff Anna Marshall, (Hamilton), have to cope with political attacks from opponents and family pressures while dealing with a national emergency. Filming for the series has taken part in St. George's Square, Huddersfield and Victoria Square, Bolton.
Filming took place in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
Filming taking place in brotherton near ferry bridge.