Английская Википедия:Hijack (TV series)

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Hijack (stylised as H/JACK) is a thriller television series created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, with Idris Elba starring in the lead role. It premiered on 28 June 2023 on Apple TV+. In January 2024, the series was renewed for a second season.

Premise

Sam, a talented business negotiator, must use his skills to broker a peaceful end to a hijacking of a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London.

Cast and characters

Main

• Idris Elba as Sam Nelson, a corporate business negotiator
• Neil Maskell as Stuart Atterton / Gerald Taylor, Lewis's elder brother and the leader of the hijackers
• Christine Adams as Marsha Smith-Nelson, Sam's estranged wife, a physics professor
• Eve Myles as Alice Sinclair, an air traffic controller
• Archie Panjabi as DCI Zahra Gahfoor, O'Farrel's former partner and a member of SO15
• Max Beesley as DI Daniel O'Farrel, Marsha's current boyfriend, a Metropolitan Police officer
• Ben Miles as Captain Robin Allen, the pilot of Kingdom Airlines Flight 29
• Hattie Morahan as Louise Aitchison, the British Foreign Secretary
• Neil Stuke as Neil Walsh, the British Home Secretary
• Kaisa Hammarlund as Anna Kovacs, the first officer of Kingdom Airlines Flight 29
• Zora Bishop as Deevia Khan, the lead flight attendant
• Jeremy Ang Jones as Arthur, a flight attendant
• Kate Phillips as Collette Fisher, a flight attendant who is having an affair with Robin
• Jasper Britton as Terry Reid / Marcus Sutton, one of the hijackers
• Jack McMullen as Lewis Atterton / Ryan Cunningham, Stuart's younger brother and one of the hijackers
• Aimée Kelly as Jamie Constantinou / Bella Cunningham, one of the hijackers
• Mohamed Elsandel as Jaden Dahir / Alexander Kier, one of the hijackers
• Simon McBurney as Edgar Janssen, a powerful criminal

Recurring

• Harry Michell as Hugo, the passenger sitting next to Sam
• Mohammad Faisal Mostafa as Abdullah, a Dubai air traffic controller who manages KA29
• Holly Aird as Amanda, a passenger
• Fatima Adoum as Rashida, a passenger
• Nebras Jamali as Nasir, a passenger
• Nikkita Chadha as Neela, an airport security screener who leaves her station mysteriously
• Antonia Salib as Leesha, a first-class passenger
• Gretchen Egolf as Adelaide
• Lucia Aliu as Lizzy Blakefield
• Mei Henri as Naomi, a teenage passenger
• Chantelle Alle as Kacey, a teenage passenger
• James Burrows as Jonty, a passenger with a criminal history
• Alex Macqueen as Tindall, a government official
• Kevin Eldon as Devlin, a mysterious businessman
• Richard Hope as Phillip Paxton, an Anglican priest
• Julia Deakin as Claire Paxton, Phillip's wife

Production

It was announced in April 2022 that Apple TV+ had greenlit the miniseries, which would see Idris Elba starring and serving as an executive producer. George Kay would write the script, and Jim Field Smith would direct. In May, Archie Panjabi joined the cast.

Production began on 9 May 2022 in Aylesbury and wrapped up on 18 November 2022. The series consists of seven episodes.

In January 2024, it was renewed for a second season.

Reception

The week of its finale, 31 July–6 August 2023, Hijack became the second Apple TV+ show to be listed on the Nielsen streaming rankings for original shows when it received 357 million minutes of viewing time.

External links

• Hijack on Apple TV+
• Шаблон:IMDb title