COBRA (Seasons 1–3)

COBRA (2020) is a British political thriller you can watch online on iFILM. A massive solar storm knocks out the power grid, and within hours the country slides into darkness. Inside the crisis room on Downing Street, the COBRA committee assembles — ministers, security chiefs and experts tasked with getting the lights back on.

Robert Carlyle plays a prime minister weighing the right call against the one his polling can survive. Victoria Hamilton is his steely chief of staff, while David Haig and Richard Dormer argue across the same table as the chaos outside keeps spreading. The show runs on closed-door meetings rather than chases, where a single phrase can reroute the fate of whole regions.

This is a drama about power under strain: the longer the blackout drags on, the louder the private grudges and the thinner the line between governing and manipulating. A good pick for anyone who likes talky political thrillers in the House of Cards mold, just with a very British restraint. Stream the COBRA series (2020) online on iFILM.