Following in the footsteps of fellow national treasures, Hugh Grant , Michael Sheen, Emma Thompson, Gillian Anderson and many others, Suranne Jones takes on the role of British prime minister in Netflix’s racy new political thriller, .

The five-part series, written by Matt Charman ( ) and executive produced by Jones, centres on the kidnapping of the Prime Minister’s husband, who’s held for ransom while working as a doctor in French Guiana. The French president is also in London for a summit and is being blackmailed, meaning the power suits are on and the gloves are off as both leaders jostle to stop their personal and political lives from imploding.

There are masked captors, high-speed car chases, spies and subterfuge aplenty, but how realistic is the show’s depiction of terror

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