Miniseries · Channel 4
Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Emotional Weight.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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 often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
The dramatic inside story of 6 November 1956, the final day of the Suez Crisis. A day that changed Britain forever. Exactly as it happened - hour by hour, minute by minute.
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
- Lucy CarterExecutive Producer
- Hermione HellyerProducer
- Chris HoltProducer
- Sam StarbuckExecutive Producer
Writing
- Chris HoltWriter
Direction
- Chris HoltDirector
Cinematography
- Brendan McGintyDirector of Photography
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