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Prisoner 951

2025 · 1 season

A wrenching, quietly furious watch that keeps you close to a family's long fight for freedom.

Created by
Philippa Lowthorpe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Narges Rashidi, Joseph Fiennes, Shaun McKee
Overview
The true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - imprisoned in Iran and separated from her daughter - and her husband Richard, who fights both the British and Iranian governments to facilitate her release.

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  • Sky Go
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Created by
Philippa Lowthorpe
Genres
Drama
Starring
Narges Rashidi, Joseph Fiennes, Shaun McKee
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • justice
  • survival
  • politics
Places
  • prison
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
Narges Rashidi, Joseph Fiennes, Shaun McKee, Armin Karima, Elham Karimpour, Marion Bailey, Reza Shademan
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Persian

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