DVD
COBRA. Season one
Call Number
- DVD TV SERIES (CEN)
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton, Richard Dormer, David Haig, Marsha Thomason, Lucy Cohu, Steven Cree, Lisa Palfrey, Edward Bennett, Marisa Abela, Alexandre Willaume.
Publication Information
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2020]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 270 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
In times of national emergency, a team comprised of Britain's leading experts, crisis contingency planners and the most senior politicians assemble under the name COBRA to form the committee entrusted to protect the people of Great Britian and steer the nation through the storm. Set in the heart of government during a major crisis, COBRA hurls us both into the corridors of power in Westminster and the center of disaster in the crisis zone. We follow the Prime Minister, Robert Sutherland; his Chief of Staff, Anna Marshall; the Head of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Fraser Walker and the Home Secretary, Archie Glover Morgan amongst other key advisers and apparatchiks. Not only are they and their contemporaries forced to quickly contend with impossible political decisions and their ferociously pressured personal lives, but they must also be mindful of political opponents who will use any sign of weakness and any failure within the handling of the crisis as an opportunity to strike.
Notes
From an original idea by Nicola Larder & Johnathan Young.
Originally broadcast as individual episodes on Sky One in 2020.
Bonus features: About the show ; The characters ; The politics ; Making a crash.