The Hour (UK): Season 2

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BBC-2 | BBC America | BBC Two | Season Premiere Date: November 14, 2012

Starring: Dominic West, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai

Summary: It's 1957 and Bel has more challenges with the Hour including: a new boss (Peter Capaldi), a new competing program on ITV, and Hector's growing fame brings about bad behavior in the news anchor.

Creator: Abi Morgan

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E6. 2/6.
Air Date: December 13, 2012
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S2:E5. 2/5.
Air Date: December 12, 2012
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S2:E4. 2/4.
Air Date: December 5, 2012

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David Wiegand

Nov 26, 2012

The performances, the writing, the intelligence that goes into the script and the characters--all reasons for welcoming the start of a new season of The Hour. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Nov 28, 2012

The Hour teems with flawed but driven professionals who, even at their worst, never come off as ridiculous as Newsroom's fools' gallery. The hours just fly by Read full review

Willa Paskin

Nov 27, 2012

The Hour's charms are many, but chief among them is its celebration of intelligence and diligence as cardinal, animating virtues. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Nov 28, 2012

The Hour has never pretended to be anything other than a very classy potboiler filled with attractive people, one that puts its heroes into predicaments that wouldn't be out of place in a silent film while sneaking social and historical commentary into the margins. Read full review

Verne Gay

Nov 27, 2012

There are real pleasures with "The Hour," but the hour (actually, about an hour and 15 minutes Wednesday night) ticks by far too slowly. Read full review

Michael Starr

Dec 5, 2012

I have a sneaking suspicion that, over its next four installments, The Hour will ratchet-up the drama and intrigue and retain the excellence it's achieved thus far. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Nov 28, 2012

The players seem to spend much of their time entering and exiting the same drab offices while shoveling exposition at one other. Read full review

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tess26

Jan 3, 2013

Magnificent show. Superb cast -- particularly Ben Whishaw as Freddie Lyon. Gorgeous cinematography and a complex, intriguing plot are particularly impressive in the second series. The pacing of the episodes is incredible...

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foxgrove

Jan 24, 2013

This second season of 'The Hour' trumps the first by a considerable margin. Brilliant writing along with engaging characters confidently performed by all the principles and the supporting cast combine to give us an outstanding drama that sweeps us along fully committed to its many storyThis second season of 'The Hour' trumps the first by a considerable margin. Brilliant writing along with engaging characters confidently performed by all the principles and the supporting cast combine to give us an outstanding drama that sweeps us along fully committed to its many story threads. The whole enterprise also looks absolutely stunning and the use of colour in the costume and production design is to be applauded. The ending leaves us in no doubt that there will be a third series and I for one am on board for that. Applause, applause.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 14, 2012
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  S2:E6. 2/6.
  Air Date: December 13, 2012
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  S2:E5. 2/5.
  Air Date: December 12, 2012
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  S2:E4. 2/4.
  Air Date: December 5, 2012
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  S2:E3. 2/3.
  Air Date: November 28, 2012
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  S2:E2. 2/2.
  Air Date: November 21, 2012
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  S2:E1. 2/1.
  Air Date: November 14, 2012
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 19, 2011