REVIEW: ‘Hostage’ — strong female duo lead this gripping political thriller

RIYADH: There’s much to enjoy about “Hostage.” Not least that its makers have been wise enough to keep it to a taught, tense five episodes. Suranne Jones plays Abigail Dalton, the UK prime minister who finds herself in the middle of a nationwide cancer-drug shortage crippling the National Health Service she promised to fix on the campaign trail. To attempt to do this she has had to “gut” military spending.

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