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The Hour
2011–2012
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 2 seasons
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Every rating
79–89
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic users on 79, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the most agreed on TV shows →A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
Details
- Created by
- Abi Morgan
- Released
- 19 July 2011
- Country
- United Kingdom, Canada
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 12 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 2 wins, 30 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (19) →
Awards & nominations
See all 32 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 32 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| 65th Primetime Emmy Awards 2011 | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Abi Morgan | Winner |
| 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards 2011 | Best Movie/Miniseries | Nominee | |
| 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards 2011 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Dominic West | Nominee |
| 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards 2011 | Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Romola Garai | Nominee |
| 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards 2011 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Dominic West | Nominee |
| 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards 2011 | Best Movie/Miniseries | Nominee | |
| 64th Primetime Emmy Awards 2011 | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Abi Morgan | Nominee |
| 65th Primetime Emmy Awards 2011 | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special | Jill Trevellick | Nominee |
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65th Primetime Emmy Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Abi Morgan | Winner |
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special | Jill Trevellick | Nominee |
3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Dominic West | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Romola Garai | Nominee |
| Best Movie/Miniseries | Nominee |
69th Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Dominic West | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Romola Garai | Nominee |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film | Nominee |
2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie | Dominic West | Nominee |
| Best Movie/Miniseries | Nominee |
64th Primetime Emmy Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Abi Morgan | Nominee |
70th Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Miniseries or Television Film | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Art Directors Guild Award for Best Production Design – Miniseries or TV Film | Eve Stewart (production designer), Leon McCarthy (art director), Beverley Gerard (art director), Amy Merry (graphic designer), Heather Gordon (assistant graphic designer), Julia Castle (set decorator) | Nominee |
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Dominic West | Winner |
| Best Actress | Romola Garai | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | Abi Morgan | Nominee |
| Writer's Award | Abi Morgan | Nominee |
1st PAAFTJ Television Awards
6 nominations
| Best Editing in a Miniseries or TV movie | Gareth C. Scales & Xavier Russell & Nick Arthurs & Paul Machliss | Nominee |
| Best Main Title Design | Nominee | |
| Best Main Title Theme Music | Nominee | |
| Best Miniseries or TV movie | Ruth Kenley-Letts, Jane Featherstone, Abi Morgan, Noelle Morris, Lucy Richer, Patrick Schweitzer, Derek Wax, Cahal Bannon, Producers (BBC) | Nominee |
| Best Production Design in a Miniseries or TV movie | Eve Stewart | Nominee |
| Best Writing for a Miniseries or TV movie | Abi Morgan | Nominee |
2013 British Academy Television Awards
5 nominations
| Best Editing | Gareth C. Scales | Nominee |
| Best Original Television Music | Kevin Sargent | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Eve Stewart | Nominee |
| Best Sound: Fiction | Nigel Squibbs (re recording mixer) Marc Lawes (sound fx editor) John Mooney (production sound mixer) Jamie Caple (Dialogue Editor) | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Peter Capaldi | Nominee |
2012 British Academy Television Awards
4 nominations
| Best Photography and Lighting: Fiction | Chris Seager | Nominee |
| Best Sound (Fiction/Entertainment) | Jamie Caple (dialogue editor) Rudi Buckle (production sound mixer) Nigel Squibbs (re-recording mixer) Marc Lawes (sound effects editor) | Nominee |
| Best Sound: Fiction | Marc Lawes Nigel Squibbs Rudi Buckle Jamie Caple | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anna Chancellor | Nominee |