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Critically-acclaimed drama set behind the scenes of a 1950s BBC current affairs programme.

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The Hour: Series 1

Ben Whishaw

Romola Garai

Dominic West

Anton Lesser

Anna Chancellor

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Joshua McGuire

Lisa Greenwood

Juliet Stevenson

Tim Pigott-Smith

John Bowe

Ken Bones

Oona Chaplin

Robert Demeger

Paul Chahidi

Karen Meagher

Sam Palladio

Anna Doolan

Abi Morgan

Jamie Payne

Ruth Kenley-Letts

Michael Jenn

William Hoyland

The Hour: Series 1: Episode 6

Episode 6

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BBC Two - The Hour, Series 1, Episode 6

There are tensions for all as they prepare to defy government instruction.

Drama. There are tensions for all as they prepare to defy government instruction and deliver a controversial episode on the crisis in Suez. Freddie learns what happened to Ruth.

The Hour is about to go live and there are tensions for all as they prepare to defy government instruction and deliver a controversial episode on the crisis in Suez. 

Freddie finally learns what happened to Ruth, and Hector and Bel come to a decision on their affair.

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A drama about British reporters in 1956 uncovering a dark and dangerous conspiracy.

June 1956. BBC reporters and soulmates Bel Rowley and Freddie Lyon join a brand new current affairs programme and become involved in a dark and dangerous conspiracy.

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