Synopsis
The Hour (2011), Season 2 — watch online on iFILM. Six episodes of BBC's Cold War newsroom drama, set a year on, with the investigative team regrouping under a sharp new Head of News.
Freddie walks back into Lime Grove just as Bel is fighting to keep the programme alive. Anchorman Hector is drinking his nights away at the El Paradis club, and his arrest over a beaten girl cracks open something far bigger than a tabloid scandal. The trail runs to Soho club-owner Cilenti, to organised crime and to corruption knotted through London's most powerful men. Each step toward the story costs more: a source is murdered, and one of the team ends up at the centre of the press's glare.
Tighter and colder than the first run, with Peter Capaldi stalking the edits, these six episodes earn their slow burn. Stream The Hour Season 2 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S2·E1Episode 1
With Freddie gone, Bel struggles to keep The Hour afloat as the new Head of News arrives.
S2·E2Episode 2
Hector's drunken late nights at El Paradis catch up with him when he is arrested on suspicion of beating up Kiki. Bel has a fight on her hands to clear Hector's name and hide his disappearance from Randall. However Freddie complicates matters further when he decides to hold a controversial interview with a fascist on the same day as a visit from members of the board.
S2·E3Episode 3
It is Christmas at Lime Grove and a time for much soul-searching. Kiki has gone missing and Hector's self-destructive behaviour spirals as Bel and Freddie search for the truth about what happened to her. Meanwhile, Randall tells Lix the real reason for his return but is she willing to dredge up a painful past?
S2·E4Episode 4
Freddie and Bel's bond deepens as they make startling discoveries about the extent of Soho club-owner Cilenti's influence. Yet when a contact's life is endangered, Bel fears they've gone too far. Hector confronts old demons with Laurie - will he upset his team and protect his best friend? Lix and Randall receive uplifting news.
S2·E5Episode 5
Bel is shaken by news of a source's murder and tries to put a stop to the team's pursuit of organised criminal Cilenti. However, the story is more tempting than ever when Freddie and Hector discover the depths that the corruption has reached, leading to chaos at the club. Is Bel right? Is Freddie charging towards a loaded gun?
S2·E6Episode 6
Bel, Freddie and Hector verge on breaking the biggest corruption expose ever - a house of cards stretching across London's most influential men - but things get complicated when one of them becomes the centre of a tabloid sex scandal. As they battle against high-level cover-up, Freddie's quest for a controversial contributor takes him right into the lion's den.
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