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.