Season 1,episode 5

Will Bel warm to Hector's charm?

Freddie leaves Lime Grove studios with Bel, telling her that they have a story to write.

Intense ambition drives this rising news team.

Hector on the set of The Hour.

This trio of aspiring journalists are stuck in a passionate love triangle.

Angus (Julian Rhind-Tutt) and Clarence Fendley (Anton Lesser)

Angus McCain (Julian Rhind-Tutt) and Clarence Fendley (Anton Lesser) hold great influence over the programming of The Hour.

Bel and Freddie share some drinks and a smoke.

Pressure mounts on Bel and Hector when news of their affair gets out and they decide to end it.

Freddie becomes more convinced that Ruth was murdered and discovers a mysterious code that reads "revert to Brightstone"

The production secretary for "The Hour" team, Sissy brings heart and humor to the office.

Bel Rowley, Hector Madden and Freddie Lyon are tasked with setting up a new weekly investigative news show called The Hour.

Meanwhile, ratings for 'The Hour' plummet, reviews are terrible and Hector and Freddie are bickering like children.

As Freddie's interview with Lord Elms, Ruth's father, goes out denouncing the government, it's taken off the air halfway through the show by the higher-ups.

Hector is the face and lead anchorman of The Hour.

Tensions are high as the news team prepare to defy government instruction in order to deliver a controversial report on the crisis in Suez.

As events escalate in Suez, Bel knows their only hope is to choose to air a brave interview with an Egyptian diplomat about the Suez canal controversy. But is Hector up to the challenge?

Freddie Lyon (Ben Whishaw) is left to run domestic news, a position which he considers inferior.

The ever-so-handsome Hector Madden (Dominic West).

The beautiful, young producer Bel Rowley (Romola Garai).

Bel will soon have to re-evaluate her priorities.

Bel is fired by the BBC and Freddie confronts Clarence, who tells him that he had put him on the Bright Stone list and he is a communist spy

Isaac (Joshua McGuire) has found a mentor in Freddie.

Season 1,episode 5

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