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Prisoner 951 Premieres on BBC With Harrowing Account of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Ordeal

Based on the couple’s first-hand accounts, the four-part drama features Narges Rashidi with Joseph Fiennes.

Overview

  • All four episodes are available on BBC iPlayer from this morning, with a BBC One broadcast at 9pm on 23 November.
  • The series is written by Stephen Butchard and directed by BAFTA winner Philippa Lowthorpe.
  • The drama traces Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s 2016 arrest in Tehran and six-year detention alongside Richard Ratcliffe’s UK campaign for her release.
  • Early reviews note unflinching depictions of solitary confinement and interrogation, plus real UK political footage including Boris Johnson’s comment.
  • The production is grounded in extensive research and the couple’s forthcoming memoir, A Yard of Sky.