The Hour

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Television series
German title The Hour
Original title The Hour
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2011–2012
Production
company		 Kudos Film and Television
length 59 minutes
Episodes 12 in 2 seasons
genre drama
idea Abi Morgan
music Daniel Giorgetti
First broadcast July 19, 2011 (UK) on BBC Two
German-language
first broadcast		 March 7, 2013 on Arte
occupation

The Hour is a British television series starring Ben Whishaw , Dominic West and Romola Garai . It was produced on behalf of the BBC and is about the plans of the BBC to develop a program at the time of the Suez crisis in June 1956 that deals with current affairs. The series consists of two seasons and 12 episodes. The series was first broadcast on July 19, 2011 on BBC Two .

action

In the first season, beginning in the fall of 1956, reporter Freddie Lyon is unhappy with his job producing newsreels for the BBC. Desperate not to be on TV himself, Freddie is unaware that his best friend Bel Rowley has been chosen by her mentor Clarence Fendley to produce a new news magazine called The Hour . Rowley selected veteran war correspondent Lix Storm to take care of the overseas reporting for the program, leaving Freddie to handle the domestic news, a position he finds inferior. For the moderator of the program, Clarence chooses the good-looking and noble-looking Hector Madden. They are supported by Thomas Kish, a mysterious and taciturn translator for the BBC, who helps them report on the Suez Crisis .

While the team is trying to put the show together, Freddie is approached by Ruth Elms, the daughter of a member of the House of Lords who keeps Freddie's mother busy. She asks him if he can investigate the murder of Peter Darrall, a college professor she knew. Soon after, Freddie finds her dead in her hotel room, an apparent suicide .

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization was for a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Frank Wesel by the synchronous company TaunusFilm Synchron GmbH in Berlin .

Role name Actress Voice actor
Freddie Lyon Ben Whishaw Asad Black
Hector Madden Dominic West Oliver Stritzel
Bel Rowley Romola Garai Claudia Gáldy
Clarence Fendley Anton Lesser Gerald Schaale
Angus McCain Julian Rhind-Tutt Viktor Neumann
Isaac Wengrow Joshua McGuire Tobias Nath
Sissy Cooper Lisa Greenwood Kaya Möller
Lix Storm Anna Chancellor Arianne Borbach
Thomas Kish Burn Gorman Martin Kautz
Lady Elms Juliet Stevenson Liane Rudolph
Lord Elms Tim Pigott-Smith Bert Franzke
Adam Le Ray Andrew Scott Robin Kahnmeyer
Marnie Madden Oona Castilla Chaplin Maria Koschny

Charisma

United Kingdom

The first broadcast took place on July 19, 2011 on the two channels BBC Two and BBC HD. The premiere was watched by 2.68 million on BBC Two and a further 166 thousand on BBC HD, for a total of almost 2.9 million viewers. The other five episodes of the first season were shown on Tuesdays through August 23, 2011. While the audience rating of the second episode decreased by around one million viewers compared to the first, it remained in the range of 1.8 to 2 million viewers for the other episodes. Four days after the end of the first season, a second season was ordered, which was co-produced with BBC America. The broadcast on BBC Two began on November 14th and ended on December 13th, 2012. The audience ratings have dropped to just 1.2 to 1.3 million compared to the first season. As a result, the BBC announced the discontinuation of the series in February 2013.

Germany

In Germany, the special interest broadcaster Arte broadcast the six-part first season from March 7 to 21, 2013 in double episodes. The six-part second season was broadcast in two parts on November 21 and 28, 2013, each with three episodes at a time.

International

The Hour is already distributed in over twenty different countries in North and South America , Australia , Africa and the rest of Europe . In addition to Great Britain, the series has also been broadcast in Sweden , Norway , the United States , South Africa and the Middle East since 2011 . The series has been available in Canada and Latin America since January 2012 via the video-on-demand network Netflix .

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
1 1 episode 1 Episode 1 July 19, 2011 7th Mar 2013 Coky Giedroyc Abi Morgan
2 2 Episode 2 Episode 2 July 26, 2011 7th Mar 2013 Coky Giedroyc Abi Morgan
3 3 Episode 3 Episode 3 Aug 2, 2011 14 Mar 2013 Harry Bradbeer Abi Morgan
4th 4th Episode 4 Episode 4 Aug 9, 2011 14 Mar 2013 Harry Bradbeer Abi Morgan
5 5 Episode 5 Episode 5 16 Aug 2011 21 Mar 2013 Jamie Payne Abi Morgan
6th 6th Episode 6 Episode 6 23 Aug 2011 21 Mar 2013 Jamie Payne Abi Morgan

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
7th 1 episode 1 Episode 1 Nov 14, 2012 Nov 21, 2013 Sandra Goldbacher Abi Morgan
8th 2 Episode 2 Episode 2 Nov 21, 2012 Nov 21, 2013 Sandra Goldbacher Abi Morgan
9 3 Episode 3 Episode 3 Nov 28, 2012 Nov 21, 2013 Catherine Morshead Nicole Taylor
10 4th Episode 4 Episode 4 Dec 5, 2012 Nov 28, 2013 Catherine Morshead George Kay
11 5 Episode 5 Episode 5 Dec 12, 2012 Nov 28, 2013 Jamie Payne Abi Morgan
12 6th Episode 6 Episode 6 Dec 13, 2012 Nov 28, 2013 Jamie Payne Abi Morgan

reception

criticism

The series received mixed reviews. Sam Wollaston of The Guardian expressed his skepticism through a popular comparison with Mad Men , calling the first episode a "slow starter" and "a bit of a mishmash - Drop the Dead Donkey meets Spooks - Targeting MI5, " but said that overall, it contains “enough intrigue to make you want more”. In turn, AA Gill called the series "self-satisfied rubbish" in the Sunday Times with "a script that would shame a Bruce Willis film," and Michael Deacon of the Telegraph described it as "an exercise in scolding the past for failing to live up to the politically correct ideals of the 21st century ”, despite praising Morgan's script and concluding that he“ would not give up The Hour too soon ”. Even so, there was some criticism of the script, which was not sufficiently convincing, and screenwriter Abi Morgan admitted that a few lines didn't work.

When it premiered in the US on BBC America, the series was well received, with Metacritic achieving a Metascore of 81/100 based on 17 reviews .

Awards and nominations

The Hour and its cast have been nominated for various awards in the United States and Great Britain , including a Golden Globe nomination in 2012. The following list contains a selection of all awards and nominations in the series:

Awards

Broadcasting Press Guild Award
  • 2012: Award in the Best Actor category for Dominic West
Cinéma Tous Ecrans
  • 2011: Received the Audience Award in the Best International Television Series category for The Hour
  • 2011: Awarded the Le Reflet d'Or in the Best International Television Series category for The Hour

Nominations

Golden Globe Award
Emmy
  • 2012 : Nomination in the category Best Screenplay in a Miniseries, TV Movie or Dramatic Special for Abi Morgan
British Academy Television Award
  • 2012: Nomination in the category Best Photography and Lighting (Fiction / Entertainment) for Chris Seager
Critics' Choice Television Awards 2013
  • 2013: Nomination in the Best Picture or Miniseries category for The Hour
  • 2013: Nomination for Best Actor in a Film or Miniseries for Dominic West
  • 2013: Nomination for Best Actress in a Film or Mini- Series for Romola Garai
Broadcasting Press Guild Award
  • 2012: Nomination in the Best Drama Series category for The Hour
  • 2012: Nomination in the Best Actress category for Romola Garai

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Hour. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 14, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Andrew Laughlin: 'The Hour' premiere delights 2.9m . In: Digital Spy . July 20, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  3. ^ Tara Conlan: BBC2's The Hour to return for the second series . In: The Guardian . August 27, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ Christian Junklewitz: The Hour: BBC ends the series after season 2 . In: Serienjunkies.de . February 12, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ Adam Arndt: The Hour: Arte shows the 2nd and also the last season from November . In: Serienjunkies.de . September 30, 2013. Accessed September 30, 2013.
  6. ^ Media Alert - Critically-acclaimed series, The Hour, debuts on Netflix . In: Canada Newswire . December 5, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  7. ↑ Sam Wollaston: TV review: The Hour . In: The Guardian . July 19, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  8. ↑ Michael Deacon: The Hour, BBC Two, episode 1, review . In: The Telegraph . July 19, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ Georgia Graham: She's on it: scriptwriter of The Hour admits some lines 'haven't worked' . In: The Independent . August 22, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  10. ↑ The Hour (UK): Season 1 . In: Metacritic.com . Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  11. ↑ a b c Golden Globe Awards 2012 - Nominations and Winners . In: GoldenGlobes.org . Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 14, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goldenglobes.org
  12. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Golden Globes 2013: The Nominations . In: Serienjunkies.de . December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.