Narges Rashidi as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Prisoner 951 (Image: BBC/Dancing Ledge Productions/Laurence Cendrowicz/PA)

Gangs Of London actress Narges Rashidi and Shakespeare In Love's Joseph Fiennes will star in a new series that follows the imprisonment of Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The four-part BBC factual drama, Prisoner 951, will tell the story of Mrs Ratcliffe – who was detained and held hostage by the Iranian state for nearly six years.

It will also follow the struggle of her husband, Richard Ratcliffe , who went on hunger strike twice while campaigning for his wife's return.

Narges, 45 – best known for playing Lale in the drama series Gangs Of London , as well as for starring in Under The Shadow and The Allegation – will portray Mrs Ratcliffe

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