The hour series 2 ben whishaw biography

2011–2012 British drama series that aired on BBC

This article is about the 2011–2012 British drama series that aired on BBC. For the 2009–2011 Scottish magazine programme that aired on STV, see The Hour (2009 TV programme). For other meanings, see The Hour.

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 BBC 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.^[2][3] Each episode lasts 60 minutes, with Ruth Kenley-Letts as