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The Hour

  • TV Series
  • 2011–20122011–2012
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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Romola Garai, Dominic West, and Ben Whishaw in The Hour (2011)
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A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
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8.0/10
10K
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POPULARITY
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    • Creator
      • Abi Morgan(written and created by)
    • Stars
      • Romola Garai
      • Ben Whishaw
      • Dominic West
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    • Creator
      • Abi Morgan(written and created by)
    • Stars
      • Romola Garai
      • Ben Whishaw
      • Dominic West
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    • 44User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 44 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Romola Garai
    Romola Garai
    • Bel Rowley
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Ben Whishaw
    Ben Whishaw
    • Freddie Lyon
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Dominic West
    Dominic West
    • Hector Madden
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Anna Chancellor
    Anna Chancellor
    • Lix Storm
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Joshua McGuire
    Joshua McGuire
    • Isaac Wengrow
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Lisa Greenwood
    Lisa Greenwood
    • Sissy Cooper
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Oona Chaplin
    Oona Chaplin
    • Marnie Madden
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Julian Rhind-Tutt
    Julian Rhind-Tutt
    • Angus McCain
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011–2012
    Paul Chahidi
    Paul Chahidi
    • Ron
    8 episodes8 eps • 2011–2012
    Anton Lesser
    Anton Lesser
    • Clarence Fendley
    6 episodes6 eps • 2011
    Peter Capaldi
    Peter Capaldi
    • Randall Brown
    6 episodes6 eps • 2012
    Vincent Riotta
    Vincent Riotta
    • Raphael Cilenti
    6 episodes6 eps • 2012
    Peter Sullivan
    Peter Sullivan
    • Commander Laurence Stern
    6 episodes6 eps • 2012
    Hannah Tointon
    Hannah Tointon
    • Kiki Delaine
    6 episodes6 eps • 2012
    Tom Burke
    Tom Burke
    • Bill Kendall
    6 episodes6 eps • 2012
    Tomiwa Edun
    Tomiwa Edun
    • Sey Ola
    5 episodes5 eps • 2011–2012
    Robert Demeger
    • Malcolm Lyon
    5 episodes5 eps • 2011
    Morgan Watkins
    Morgan Watkins
    • Norman Pike
    5 episodes5 eps • 2012
    • Creator
      • Abi Morgan(written and created by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Bel and Freddie often call each other Moneypenny and James, in reference to iconic characters from the James Bond franchise. Ben Whishaw later joined that franchise as Q in Skyfall (2012).
    • Connections
      Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #15.135 (2011)

    User reviews44

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    8/10
    Not too late to catch a great ("great" in the sense of canceled) BBC series
    Now available on disk from Netflix and streaming on Amazon Prime, this smart, stylish BBC series, set in the mid-50s, really hits its stride by the end of its first season. Sumptuous Bel and geeky Freddie (Romola Garai and Ben Wishaw), escapees from the BBC newsreel floor, are the offscreen talent behind the eponymous news program; Hector (Dominic West) is the hearty, "highly corruptible" frontman. The plot lines are a little over the top at times—Mr. Kish, the palefaced spook who self-destructs when he fails to hit the target, is straight out of the old "Avengers" series (not necessarily a bad thing)—but the interplay among the main characters is beautifully portrayed. Anna Chancellor and Peter Capaldi are great together as a pair of prickly ex-lovers, and Oona Chaplin, at first mainly decorative as Hector's neglected wife, has an amazing scene in which she kicks her latest rival to the curb in the kindest, gentlest way.

    The first season is built around the Suez Crisis and the Burgess-Maclean spy scandal, but the political backdrop is pretty much self-explanatory; the second season reverts to more familiar hardboiled themes—bent cops, shady nightclubs, showgirls in jeopardy and a porno racket (innocuous b&w photos in this case)—before getting back to the big stuff, high-level corruption and the nuclear threat. A "behind the scenes" clip on the second DVD focuses on the obsessively detailed production design, which, as with "Mad Men," is a big part of the show's appeal.
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    • Release date
      • August 17, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 焦點時刻
    • Filming locations
      • Hornsey Town Hall, The Broadway, Haringey, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Kudos Film and Television
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • BBC America
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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