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The Hour: Series 2

Ben Whishaw

Romola Garai

Dominic West

Anna Chancellor

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Peter Capaldi

Lizzie Brochere

Tom Burke

Oona Chaplin

Joshua McGuire

Lisa Greenwood

Vincent Riotta

Peter Sullivan

Hannah Tointon

Hannah John-Kamen

Adetomiwa Edun

Joe Cole

Robert Whitelock

Laurence Kennedy

Max Fowler

Gillian Raine

Alfred Hoffman

John Cummins

Dominik Golding

Peter Silverleaf

Abi Morgan

Sandra Goldbacher

Ruth Kenley-Letts

The Hour: Series 2: Episode 1

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BBC Two - The Hour, Series 2, Episode 1

Bel is struggling to keep Hector in line, as a new head of news is welcomed to The Hour.

Drama. November 1957. Freddie has been fired, leaving Bel struggling to keep Hector in line, as a new head of news is welcomed to The Hour.

It is late 1957 and while Macmillan claims people have 'never had it so good', the reality for the public is a mounting atmosphere of fear, permeating from a world of rising criminality and a growing Soviet threat. On the streets of Britain, organised crime is booming and nowhere more so than in the seedy back rooms and bars of Soho where racketeering and a growing sex trade make millions. 

A year has passed since The Hour was unceremoniously taken off air for their controversial interview with Lord Elms, and much has changed. Freddie has been fired and gone travelling, while Bel fought to stay. She has grappled to improve the ratings and keep Hector in line as he is sucked deeper into the destructive world of celebrity. The nation's attention is focused on the Soviet nuclear threat, but Bel thinks The Hour should be focusing on the rise in crime on Britain's streets. Her whole life has become her work and, in Freddie's absence, has she come to realise just how deep her feelings for him run?

All eyes are now on the arrival of the new head of news, Randall Brown, as a force for change. His unexpected first act is to reinstate Freddie, who returns more maverick than ever. Lix too has reason to watch Randall as they have an emotional and complex history.

Meanwhile, unsettled by Marnie's decision to establish her own career, Hector finds himself drawn to the late night clubs of Soho and closer to a world of vice that could destroy his marriage and career.

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The Hour team investigate a web of vice and corruption at the heart of Soho.

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