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WAR

2026 · 1 season

Polished, knife-edged legal sparring where every polite exchange hides a maneuver and the viewer is pulled into picking sides.

Tagline
Take sides. Take everything.
Overview
An anthology series set in the elite world of London law following two rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they face off in a different headline-making legal battle each season.
Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
  • Hayu
  • Now TV
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • deception
  • power
  • class
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
George Kay
Written by
George Kay
Starring
Dominic West, Sienna Miller, Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Pip Torrens, Archie Renaux, Emma Laird, Angel Coulby
Music
Oli Julian
Cinematography
Oli Russell
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Sky Atlantic
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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