52 h. ago Suranne Jones watched Starmer and Sunak ‘battle’ in preparation for new role

Jones discusses her new Netflix drama Hostage in which she plays a British prime minister whose husband is kidnapped.

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5 d. ago Kidnap, blackmail and Suranne Jones as PM: inside Hostage, Netflix’s breakneck new political thriller

The British prime minister and French president get sucked into a shady conspiracy in the streaming giant’s latest twisty, emotional drama. Jones and Julie Delpy tell allHostage is a political thriller, and observes the conventions in many ways. The pace is absolutely flawless, it’s twisty, it has emotional heft. The British prime minister, Abigail Dalton, played by Suranne Jones, faces her husband, Alex Anderson (Ashley Thomas), being kidnapped. Their marriage is well drawn – “it’s happy, it’s assured, they’re supportive of each other,” Jones says. As we chat in Netflix’s central London offices, she’s always saying five things at once, only one of them out loud. Here, the subtext (I’ve decided) is: it’s actually pretty skilled work, creating a not-schmaltzy, passionate but familiar love match in which all the audience’s hopes and prayers are with the abducted spouse. That’s why normally when fictional politicians are the victims of a family kidnapping, it’s one of their kids.Meanwh...

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6 d. ago Coronation Street star Suranne Jones stars in new Netflix thriller with rap star

Suranne Jones has played a doctor, a jilted wife and even a time-travelling lesbian - but her latest role is her most powerful yet, as she takes on the role of the British Prime Minister in Netflix's Hostage

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6 d. ago Corrie's Suranne Jones plays Prime Minister with rap star for Netflix thriller

After gracing the Weatherfield cobbles and other hit shows, Suranne Jones stars in Netflix's political thriller Hostage, sharing the spotlight with a grime star.

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8 d. ago Coronation Street legend drops 'return' hint 21 years after exit as fans go wild with 'new role' theory

Suranne Jones has hinted at a possible return to the cobbles, 21 years after their exit - and fans are already going wild

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9 d. ago Coronation Street legend Suranne Jones teases potential soap comeback

Suranne Jones has become a household name in recent years after starring in a number of the nation's favourite crime dramas, but before all that she was a regular on Coronation Street

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9 d. ago Coronation Street legend Suranne Jones drops soap return bombshell

Suranne Jones has appeared in some of the countries favourite TV shows in recent years, but she has revealed that she could be set for a full 360 moment soon with a return to Corrie

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9 d. ago Suranne Jones says ‘it might be fun’ to return to Coronation Street after 21 years

Star’s return to the cobbles would shake up ITV soap after slew of departures

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Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Downing Street on Thursday (17 July).

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4 w. ago Live: Starmer faces questions in final PMQs before summer recess

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (16 July).

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