15 h. ago BBC Prisoner 951 viewers issue same complaint as 'heartbreaking' opener airs

Prisoner 951, a new BBC drama based on the real-life story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, made its debut on Sunday night and viewers were quick to share their thoughts

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15 h. ago Prisoner 951 review – a harrowing and effective retelling of Nazanin Zaghari

Narges Rashidi is brilliant at conveying the silent trauma that pervades this BBC drama series

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15 h. ago BBC Prisoner 951 viewers issue same complaint just minutes into drama's debut

The BBC's new factual drama starring Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes is based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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31 h. ago Prisoner 951: When does the BBC series start, cast list and episode count

Prisoner 951 is a new BBC factual drama based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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31 h. ago BBC Prisoner 951 start time, cast list, plot and how many episodes

BBC has announced a new four-part drama series based on the real-life story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband Richard Ratcliffe. Here's everything you need to know about Prisoner 951

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69 h. ago Prisoner 951: how the show tackled its Boris Johnson problem

The then-Foreign Secretary comments on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe caused a diplomatic incident in 2017

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1 week ago ‘She was extremely petrified’: the shocking drama about one woman’s six

When dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was imprisoned, her husband went on hunger strike – to force Britain to act. Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes reveal how they brought their nightmare to the small screenWhen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran in 2016, it wasn’t immediately obvious what had happened – but within 100 days, we had the contours of the story. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, held a press conference. He had amassed 780,000 signatures on a petition for her release, and delivered a letter urging the same thing to former PM David Cameron. This, it transpired much later, was after murky meetings with the Foreign Office in which civil servants insisted that the best thing, both for Nazanin’s release and the safety of her parents and brother in Iran, was to lay low and let diplomacy take its course.“It was state hostage-taking,” says Joseph Fiennes, who plays Richard Ratcliffe in the BBC’s four-part drama Prisoner 951. “It clearly goes on, and innocent pe...

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