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Creators:
Abi MorganCinematography:
David LutherComposer:
Kevin SargentCast:
Romola Garai, Anna Chancellor, Lisa Greenwood, Dominic West, Joshua McGuire, Peter Capaldi, Oona Chaplin, Hannah John-Kamen, Vincent Riotta (more)VOD (1)
Episodes(6)
Plots(1)
Written by Abi Morgan, screenwriter of the Oscar winning The Iron Lady, the breathtaking original, Golden Globe nominated, sexy thriller The Hour returns for a second series. Rejoining The Hour a year on in 1957, the team are still striving to broadcast the stories they believe in as they grapple with the disturbing threat of the Cold War and a country in the grip of unsettling and rapid change. Bel Rowley (Romola Garai) is still single and determined not to get involved with another married, but finds herself taking on her adversary Bill Kendall (Tom Burke), a producer whose magnetic charm she can't help but find irresistible. Hector Madden (Dominic West) has risen to the status of a national celebrity and is drawn into the seductive glamour of Soho nightclub El Paradis and falls under the spell of the beautiful and seductive Kiki (Hannah Tointon), a club hostess. No longer happy at The Hour under Randall's (Peter Capaldi) new regime, he is tempted by offers fro ITV, but when a night at the club goes badly wrong, scandal threatens and Hector must try and stop a news story that could destroy his marriage and his career. Investigative reporter Freddie Lyon (Ben Whishaw) makes an unexpected return from America to uncover and tackle police corruption within the world Soho crime and vice. (2 Entertain Video)
(more)Cast
![Romola Garai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274212_ffa1b1.jpg)
Romola Garai
Hong Kong
Best series:
The Hour (2011) (series)
Emma (2009) (series)
The Crimson Petal and the White (2011) (series)
![Anna Chancellor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/139/163139251_3421f0.jpg)
Anna Chancellor
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)
Lisa Greenwood
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Dominic West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/077/161077240_550d72.png)
Dominic West
UK
![Joshua McGuire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/805/160805932_8e5c26.jpg)
Joshua McGuire
Best series:
The Hour (2011) (series)
Misfits (2009) (series)
The Gentlemen (2024) (series)
![Peter Capaldi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/932/157932509_198ece.jpg)
Peter Capaldi
UK
Best series:
Skins (2007) (series)
Peep Show (2003) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
![Oona Chaplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/763/160763499_9b5ff9.png)
Oona Chaplin
Spain
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
![Hannah John-Kamen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/428/161428441_a20a11.jpg)
Hannah John-Kamen
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
Happy Valley (2014) (series)
![Vincent Riotta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/400/400524_b3a41d.jpg)
![Julian Rhind-Tutt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/517/160517949_c0f242.jpg)
Julian Rhind-Tutt
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
Inside No. 9 (2014) (series)
![Hannah Tointon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/074/162074531_734ec5.jpg)
Hannah Tointon
UK
Best series:
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
The Inbetweeners (2008) (series)
![Ben Whishaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049753_0bc9f7.jpg)
Ben Whishaw
UK
Best series:
Fargo (2014) (series)
Queers (2017) (series)
This Is Going to Hurt (2022) (series)
![Robert Whitelock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/654/160654785_fd495d.jpg)
Robert Whitelock
UK
Best series:
The Hour (2011) (series)
Misfits (2009) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Peter Sullivan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/938/161938660_2d372b.jpg)
Peter Sullivan
UK
Best series:
IT Crowd (2006) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
Peter Silverleaf
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
![Tom Burke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/755/163755605_a0f0d5.jpg)
Tom Burke
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
![Tomiwa Edun](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/343/163343145_c41857.jpg)
Tomiwa Edun
Nigeria
Best series:
The Hour (2011) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Trying (2020) (series)
![Lizzie Brocheré](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/320/164320425_528775.jpg)
Lizzie Brocheré
France
Best series:
The Hour (2011) (series)
American Horror Story (2011) (series)
Braquo (2009) (series)
![Joe Cole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/911/157911136_989dd6.png)
Joe Cole
UK
Best series:
Peaky Blinders (2013) (series)
A Small Light (2023) (series)
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
![Morgan Watkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/301/163301929_b664c8.jpg)