Year 2011 Video Release 2011-09-27 Studio Warner Bros. Genre TV Miniseries MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 360 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Romola Garai, Dominic West and Ben Whishaw star in The Hour, a thrilling six-part drama set in 1950s London when the BBC is about to launch an entirely new way of presenting the news. The dynamic Bel Garai is chosen to produce the new program, to be called The Hour, with handsome and well connected Hector West set to become the anchor, much to the annoyance of Freddie Whishaw , a brilliant and outspoken journalist, whose passion continually lands him in trouble. Over the six episodes, the interplay of intense ambitions between our rising news team play out against the backdrop of a mysterious murder and Freddie's controversial and dangerous investigation.