The Hour - Season 2
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.
20 July 1968, West Drayton, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
19 May 1944, Surrey, England, UK
1956, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
14 February 1952, Birmingham, England, UK
November 17, 1987 in London, England, UK
13 May 1946, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK
20 January 1985, Slubice, Lubuskie, Poland
30 November 1949, England, UK
January 17, 2019
Abi Morgan spins a dazzling tale with the help of a glamorous cast.
August 15, 2017
It's a step up from the first series; fingers crossed there's a third.
November 14, 2012
If only the show's producers had more faith in their characters-and in the idea that viewers will be entertained and challenged by watching them struggle to do a good job of holding people out there in the "real world" accountable for their actions.
November 14, 2012
Its compositions tell stories without a word.
January 17, 2019
Despite its superficial attention to 1950s detail (suits, hats, frocks, cars), the more The Hour tries to feel authentic, the less convincing it becomes.
November 14, 2012
The players seem to spend much of their time entering and exiting the same drab offices while shoveling exposition at one other.
November 14, 2012
Someone who never saw the first season could jump in Wednesday night and quickly get downright absorbed in one of the best-crafted and acted dramas on television.
March 07, 2017
While Freddie, played wonderfully by Whishaw, remains one of the show's virtues, The Hour's great disappointment is that this new season is still doing so badly by Bel.
January 17, 2019
The Hour remains tautly structured and with just the right balance between necessary period cliché and fun facts.
November 14, 2012
There are real pleasures with The Hour.
January 17, 2019
A smart, well-written, and brilliantly acted drama about politics, espionage, murder, sex, racism, and war in 1950s Britain.
November 14, 2012
It's a subtle intertwining of journalists' professional struggles, their personal lives, and the thorny social issues that envelope them, and I can't recommend it enough.