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Hostage
2025Show1 season · 5 episodesTV-MAEnded
Summary
When the British prime minister's husband is kidnapped and the French president starts receiving threats, both leaders must face an impossible choice.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Skip it if
- You want something quiet and calm
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+20)
Critics 71Audiences 51GoodWatch 63
Tomatometer79%
Metascore62
IMDb6.5
User score5.1
Audience score38%
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121First aired
2025
August 21, 2025
Ended 2025
Genres
DramaWar & PoliticsLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
United Kingdom
Rated
- TV-MAUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 29 more43 people
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- Julie DelpyVivienne Toussaint5 episodes
- Corey MylchreestMatheo Lewis5 episodes
- Ashley ThomasDr Alex Anderson5 episodes
- Martin McCannJohn Shagan5 episodes
- Isobel AkuwudikeSylvie Anderson5 episodes
- Hiftu QuasemAyesha5 episodes
- Sophie RobertsonSaskia Morgan5 episodes
Lucian MsamatiKofi Adomako5 episodes
Pip CarterDan Ogilvy5 episodes- JBJosh BarrowTristan5 episodes
- AOAmi Okumura JonesZadie5 episodes
Paul ThornleyMichael Hall4 episodes
Fode SimboSimon Kingsley4 episodes
Sara PowellKathy Macintyre4 episodes
Jim SturgeonNicholas Lovell4 episodes
Jehnny BethAdrienne Pelletier4 episodes
Amita SumanDr Maya Odari3 episodes
Flora MontgomeryDr Traci Lambert3 episodes
Sofian FrancisBurke3 episodes
Gerald KydThomas Mercer3 episodes
Helena WestermanAgent Rachel Pearce3 episodes
Mark Lewis JonesGeneral Livingston3 episodes- TMTom MilliganNo. 10 Reporter3 episodes
Directing · 4
- Isabelle Sieb Director
- Amy Neil Director
- Bea Watkins Third Assistant Director
- Bruno Tormos Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Matt Charman Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
Production · 11
- Suranne Jones Executive Producer
- Foz Allan Executive Producer
- Steve Searle Executive Producer
- David Meanti Producer
- James Levison Producer
- Annelie Simmons Producer
Camera · 4
- Matt Gray Director of Photography
- Catherine Derry Director of Photography
- Aaron Paul Champion First Assistant Camera
- Joanna Cuper Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Jesse Parker Editor
- Ben Drury Editor
Sound · 4
- Jeff Russo Original Music Composer
- Bernard O'Reilly Sound Designer
- Harry Barnes Sound Designer
- Rebecca Glover Foley Artist
Art · 5
- Arwel Jones Production Design
- Jonathan Marin Socas Supervising Art Director
- Charlie Lynam Set Decoration
- Emma Harbor Art Direction
- Laura Mayall Supervising Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Annie Hardinge Costume Design
- Laura Romain Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Edgar Ortiz Borja Visual Effects Producer
Other crew · 34
- Bartolomé Pérez Lighting Artist
- Xavier Lake Stunts
- Dave Kneath Special Effects
- Emmanuelle Stannard Production Manager
- Rebecca Keros Assistant Director
- Kate Stannard Post Production Producer
Hostage episodes
1 season · 5 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Episode #1.1, 7.0
- S1 E2 Episode #1.2, 7.2
- S1 E3 Episode #1.3, 7.3
- S1 E4 Episode #1.4, 7.4
- S1 E5 Episode #1.5, 6.7
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