Miniseries · BBC Two
Hostage
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Hostage actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Hostage reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Set against the backdrop of the rise of the Islamic State Group comes this gripping documentary thriller that follows the fate of British photojournalist John Cantlie, kidnapped in Syria alongside his colleague and friend James Foley.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Firas ItaniProducer
- Alec WebbProducer
- Peter BeardExecutive Producer
- Ben de PearExecutive Producer
- Dlovan BarwariProducer
- Mustafa AlaliProducer
Direction
- Marian MohamedDirector
Where to watch
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