Hostage: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: August 21, 2025

Summary: During a state visit, the husband of newly elected British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones) is kidnapped and the visiting French president, Vivienne Toussaint (Julie Delpy) is blackmailed in the political thriller written by Matt Charman.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Joel Keller

Aug 21, 2025

Hostage is a solid political thriller made better by the performances of Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy, especially when they’re on screen together. Read full review

Aramide Tinubu

Aug 21, 2025

Despite some truly far-fetched storylines and one rather salacious twist, “Hostage” is certainly worth the ride. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Aug 21, 2025

It’s a rollicking, propulsive and compulsive yarn that also manages to give two great parts to two women of a certain age then leaves them to get on with it as characters rather than symbols. Read full review

The Independent Helen Coffey

Aug 20, 2025

The trouble is, beneath the series' slick exterior lies a slightly wonky storyline – one that ranges from the shrug-worthy to the downright jump-the-shark. Read full review

Empire David Opie

Aug 21, 2025

A solid binge for viewers who like their thrillers lean, entertaining, and somewhat vacuous. Read full review

Radio Times Morgan Cormack

Aug 21, 2025

Hostage is surely a good time – it's a series that is entertaining, has some fine performances, is slightly surprising in parts and fits the binge-watch model perfectly. It just won't be one that you'll likely remember after watching. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Aug 21, 2025

If you have an ensemble of characters who aren’t characters, good luck getting viewers to invest on even a superficial level, and good luck getting anybody to care when thriller conventions demand that you kill somebody off in order to simulate stakes. Read full review

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 21, 2025
- No episode information is currently available for this season