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* BettyAndVeronica: [[spoiler: In the second season, the trope is played quite straight with his triangle with Bel and Camille. ]]

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* BettyAndVeronica: [[spoiler: In the second season, the trope is played quite straight with his triangle with Bel and Camille. ]]



* TheHero

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* %%* TheHero



->'''Played by:''' Dominic West

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->'''Played by:''' Dominic West
Creator/DominicWest



* [[spoiler:GiveHimANormalLife: Lix and Randall's big secret - she had a child in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and gave her up for adoption because he left and she couldn't raise a baby on her own.]]

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* [[spoiler:GiveHimANormalLife: GiveHimANormalLife: [[spoiler: Lix and Randall's big secret - she had a child in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and gave her up for adoption because he left and she couldn't raise a baby on her own.]]



* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:To Freddie, when his true nature is revealed.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:To Freddie, when his true nature as the MoleInCharge (he is a Soviet spy) is revealed.]]



* [[spoiler: MoleInCharge: Is actually a Soviet spy.]]



* [[spoiler: SurprisePregnancy: As a result of an affair.]]

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* SurprisePregnancy: [[spoiler: SurprisePregnancy: As a result of an affair.]]



* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Randall does not blackmail Angus, he simply suggests that hiding [[spoiler: one's sexuality]] and one's true nature must be ''so'' tiring. Angus is the one who chooses to do what Randall suggests.
* [[spoiler:EleventhHourRanger: In the Season Two finale, it's Angus who confirms all the details of the nuclear dealings Cilenti is involved in. He helps the show reveal the truth on air, and later serves as Kiki's new PR agent.]]
* [[spoiler:FlyingUnderTheGaydar]]

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* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Randall does not blackmail Angus, he simply suggests that hiding [[spoiler: one's sexuality]] sexuality (FlyingUnderTheGaydar)]] and one's true nature must be ''so'' tiring. Angus is the one who chooses to do what Randall suggests.
* [[spoiler:EleventhHourRanger: EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler: In the Season Two finale, it's Angus who confirms all the details of the nuclear dealings Cilenti is involved in. He helps the show reveal the truth on air, and later serves as Kiki's new PR agent.]]
* [[spoiler:FlyingUnderTheGaydar]]
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* [[spoiler:DomesticAbuse: The one behind the vicious beating of Kiki. It's shocking because she's also his mistress.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: By the exposure of his attack on Kiki on The Hour, and the knowledge that he's nearly gotten both Kiki and Hector killed with his foolishness.]]

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* [[spoiler:DomesticAbuse: The DomesticAbuse [[spoiler:The one behind the vicious beating of Kiki. It's shocking because she's also his mistress.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: By DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:By the exposure of his attack on Kiki on The Hour, and the knowledge that he's nearly gotten both Kiki and Hector killed with his foolishness.]]



* DistressedDamsel

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* DistressedDamselDamselInDistress



* [[spoiler: ManchurianAgent: Peter Darrell turned Ruth into a Brightstone.]]

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* [[spoiler: ManchurianAgent: Peter [[spoiler:Peter Darrell turned Ruth into a Brightstone.]]
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* TheBeard: For [[spoiler: Adam [=LeRay=].]]
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* DisapointedInYou: [[spoiler:Says this to Freddie at the end.]]

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* DisapointedInYou: DisappointedInYou: [[spoiler:Says this to Freddie at the end.]]

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment; Bel finds him in his new office, lying on his couch and quoting Orwell to her. He then gets up to [[SuperOCD fiddle with the sculptures on his desk]] and tell her he hasn't seen evidence of the show's brilliance in a long time, challenging her to prove him wrong.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment; Bel finds him in his new office, lying on his couch and quoting Orwell to her. He then gets up to [[SuperOCD fiddle with the sculptures on his desk]] desk and tell her he hasn't seen evidence of the show's brilliance in a long time, challenging her to prove him wrong.



* ObsessivelyOrganized: There are hints that Randall has it, with his constant fiddling with the things on his desk, rearranging the clippings on the cork boards, and lining up all the thumbtacks in order. It's confirmed in the finale, [[spoiler: when he finds about that his daughter was killed during the second World War. He slowly - and then frantically - tries to rearrange the things on his desk before he gives up and just sweeps everything away before breaking down.]]



* SuperOCD: There are hints that Randall has it, with his constant fiddling with the things on his desk, rearranging the clippings on the cork boards, and lining up all the thumbtacks in order. It's confirmed in the finale, [[spoiler: when he finds about that his daughter was killed during the second World War. He slowly - and then frantically - tries to rearrange the things on his desk before he gives up and just sweeps everything away before breaking down.]]
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* ShesGotLegs: Frequently seen in long shirts/jumpers and nothing on her lower half.

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!!Freddie Lyon (Creator/BenWhishaw)

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!!Freddie Lyon (Creator/BenWhishaw)
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!!Bel Rowley (Creator/RomolaGarai)

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!!Bel Rowley (Creator/RomolaGarai)Rowley
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!!Hector Madden (Dominic West)

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!!Hector Madden (Dominic West)
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!!Lix Storm (Anna Chancellor)

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!!Lix Storm (Anna Chancellor)
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!!Sissy Cooper (Lisa Greenwood)

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!!Sissy Cooper (Lisa Greenwood)
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!!Isaac Wengrow (Joshua [=McGuire=])

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!!Isaac Wengrow (Joshua [=McGuire=])
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!!Clarence Fendley (Creator/AntonLesser)

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!!Clarence Fendley (Creator/AntonLesser)
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!!Randall Brown (Creator/PeterCapaldi)

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!!Randall Brown (Creator/PeterCapaldi)
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!!Marnie Madden (Creator/OonaChaplin)

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!!Angus [=McCain=] (Julian Rhind-Tutt)

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!!Angus [=McCain=] (Julian Rhind-Tutt)
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!!Camille Mettier (Creator/LizzieBrochere)

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!!Camille Mettier (Creator/LizzieBrochere)
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!!Sey Ola (Adetomiwa Edun)

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!!Sey Ola (Adetomiwa Edun)
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!!Raphael Cilenti (Vincent Riotta)

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!!Raphael Cilenti (Vincent Riotta)Cilenti
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!!Patricia "Kiki" Delaine (Hannah Tointon)

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\n!!Patricia "Kiki" Delaine (Hannah Tointon)
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!!Commander Laurence "Laurie" Stern (Peter Sullivan)

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!!Commander Laurence "Laurie" Stern (Peter Sullivan)
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!!Ruth Elms (Creator/VanessaKirby)

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!!Ruth Elms (Creator/VanessaKirby)
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Hates it when McCain, and to a lesser degree - his father in law, approve of his choices.

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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Hates it when McCain, [=McCain=], and to a lesser degree - his father in law, approve of his choices.
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!!Bel Rowley (Romola Garai)

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!!Bel Rowley (Romola Garai)(Creator/RomolaGarai)
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:To Freddie, when his true nature is revealed.

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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:To Freddie, when his true nature is revealed.]]



* DissapointedInYou: [[spoiler:Says this to Freddie at the end.]]

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* DissapointedInYou: DisapointedInYou: [[spoiler:Says this to Freddie at the end.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:To Freddie, when his true nature is revealed.


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* DissapointedInYou: [[spoiler:Says this to Freddie at the end.]]


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Almost never raises his voice, except in his final scene [[spoiler: where his allegiance is revealed and he [[SuddenlyShouting loudly]] berates Freddie for taking the personal story (thus exposing himself) rather than the much larger scale political one.]]
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* BastardBastard
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* HollywoodPersonalityDisorders: Obsessive-compulsive variant.
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!!Camille Mettier (Lizzie Brocheré)

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!!Camille Mettier (Lizzie Brocheré)
(Creator/LizzieBrochere)
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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Marnie with Bel in Season One [[spoiler: and Kiki in Season Two]]. Marnie is fully aware of this and tells Bel she's the latest in a long line of women Hector's cheated on her with.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Marnie suffers through multiple affairs on Hector's side, but [[spoiler: in Season Two, she has one of her own.]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: Marnie suffers through multiple affairs on Hector's side, but [[spoiler: in Season Two, she has one of her own.]]
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* SpoiledSweet: How she is originally depicted in the show, in early season 1. Also a DaddysGirl.
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* WomanInWhite
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* HoneyTrap: she was used as one in [[spoiler: the MI6 attempt to assassinate Nasser]].

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* HoneyTrap: she was used as one in [[spoiler: the MI6 [=MI6=] attempt to assassinate Nasser]].

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!!Kiki Delaine (Hannah Tointon)

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!!Kiki !!Raphael Cilenti (Vincent Riotta)
The Italian immigrant owner of El Paradis, he uses his showgirl to lure powerful men into honeytraps before blackmailing them into doing his bidding.

*BigBad: Of Season Two.
*FauxAffablyEvil: No amount of schmoozing can disguise the fact that he is a nasty piece of work.
*SmugSnake
*SonOfAWhore:Claims to be the child of a prostitute and an English soldier.
* VillainousBSOD: When he sees [[spoiler: Kiki exposing him on the Hour, he walks back through his club looking completely despondent.]]


!!Patricia "Kiki"
Delaine (Hannah Tointon)
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!!Clarence Fendley (Anton Lesser)

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!!Clarence Fendley (Anton Lesser)
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!!Randall Brown (Peter Capaldi)

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!!Randall Brown (Peter Capaldi)
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!!Marnie Madden (Oona Chaplin)

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!!Marnie Madden (Oona Chaplin)
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* HotScoop: definitely.
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* HotScoop: We're talking Dominic West here, people. IT's a bi of a sore spot for him at times, as he always seems to think he is professionally apprecated mostly for his looks and not for his skills.
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!!Ruth Elms (Vanessa Kirby)

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!!Ruth Elms (Vanessa Kirby)
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* HotScoop: definitely.



* GoGetterGirl: A grown up version of the trope. She also mentions more than once that she was a very competitive child.



* PragmaticHero: Mostly, part of ever-present ension in her dynamic with TheFettered Freddie.



* HiddenDepths: A war hero of the ShellShockedVeteran variety.
* HotScoop: We're talking Dominic West here, people. IT's a bi of a sore spot for him at times, as he always seems to think he is professionally apprecated mostly for his looks and not for his skills.



* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Hates it when McCain, and to a lesser degree - his father in law, approve of his choices.



* TheGadfly: She enjoys pulling everyone's leg, especially Mr. Wengrow's.



* NervesOfSteel: Is rarely visibly stressed or upset. That's part of what makes her CharacterDevelopment in season 2 so effective.



* DoggedNiceGuy

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* DoggedNiceGuyDoggedNiceGuy: to Sissy.



* BunnyEarsLawyer:
--> '''Lix:''' Well, there must be method to the madness dear, otherwise why would the Paris bureau swear he was the best editor they've had in years?



* SpoiledSweet: How she is originally depicted in the show, in early season 1. Also a DaddysGirl.




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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: His philosophy and main tool in his career.


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* HoneyTrap: lampshaded verbatim. Like all the other girls at Al Paradis, Cilenti used her as a way to put powerful men in compromising situations and then blackmail them.


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* HoneyTrap: she was used as one in [[spoiler: the MI6 attempt to assassinate Nasser]].
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He and Hector make a two-way version of this trope. Freddie feels ever-inferior to Hector's charm, upper class privilege and military decorations, and Hector considers himself to always be a lesser than reporter than Freddie. Hector also seems to envy Freddie's {{Determinator}} nature.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: asking these is his strongest suit as a journalist, lampshaded more than once by Hector.
* BettyAndVeronica: [[spoiler: In the second season, the trope is played quite straight with his triangle with Bel and Camille. ]]
** Inverted and downplayed in the first season, with Bel as Archie, Hector as Veronica and Freddie as Betty.


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* {{Determinator}}: like most IntrepidReporter types, he is 100% relentless.


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* DumbBlonde: Strongly subverted. Some of the men in the series dismiss her as one based only on her appearance and gender, but she is very intelligent.
** Interestingly, she considers her mother to be a DumbBlonde, though she is a [[TheDitz ditz]] at most.


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* DeadpanSnarker: Almost all of the characters display varying levels of snark, but Lix unquestionably takes the crown. She also had some shades of StepfordSnarker.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Has a fling with the older [[spoiler:Lix]] during season one.



* MayDecemberRomance: Has a fling with twentysomething Freddie in Season One.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Has a fling with the older [[spoiler:Lix]] during season one.
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!!'''Freddie Lyon''' (Creator/BenWhishaw)

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!!'''Freddie Lyon''' !!Freddie Lyon (Creator/BenWhishaw)



!!'''Bel Rowley''' (Romola Garai)

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!!'''Bel Rowley''' !!Bel Rowley (Romola Garai)



!!'''Hector Madden''' (Dominic West)

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!!'''Hector Madden''' !!Hector Madden (Dominic West)



!!''Lix Storm'' (Anna Chancellor)

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!!''Lix Storm'' !!Lix Storm (Anna Chancellor)



!!''Sissy Cooper'' (Lisa Greenwood)

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!!''Sissy Cooper'' !!Sissy Cooper (Lisa Greenwood)



!!''Isaac Wengrow'' (Joshua [=McGuire=])

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!!''Isaac Wengrow'' !!Isaac Wengrow (Joshua [=McGuire=])



!!''Clarence Fendley'' (Anton Lesser)

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!!''Clarence Fendley'' !!Clarence Fendley (Anton Lesser)



!!''Randall Brown'' (Peter Capaldi)

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!!''Randall Brown'' !!Randall Brown (Peter Capaldi)



!!''Marnie Madden'' (Oona Chaplin)

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!!''Marnie Madden'' !!Marnie Madden (Oona Chaplin)



!!''Angus [=McCain=]'' (Julian Rhind-Tutt)

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!!''Angus [=McCain=]'' !!Angus [=McCain=] (Julian Rhind-Tutt)



!!''Camille Mettier'' (Lizzie Brocheré)

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!!''Camille Mettier'' !!Camille Mettier (Lizzie Brocheré)



!!''Sey Ola'' (Adetomiwa Edun)

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!!''Sey Ola'' !!Sey Ola (Adetomiwa Edun)



!!''Kiki Delaine'' (Hannah Tointon)

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!!''Kiki Delaine'' !!Kiki Delaine (Hannah Tointon)



!!''Commander Laurence "Laurie" Stern'' (Peter Sullivan)

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!!''Commander !!Commander Laurence "Laurie" Stern'' Stern (Peter Sullivan)



!!''Ruth Elms'' (Vanessa Kirby)

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!!''Ruth Elms'' !!Ruth Elms (Vanessa Kirby)
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The producer of The Hour, a fellow journalist and long time friend of Freddie. Bel feels the need to prove herself in the position despite her gender, constantly being told by the BBC higher ups that she's only gotten the position because she's "easy to control". Despite being quite young for a producer, Bel has a lot of experience in journalism and serves as somewhat of a confidante and mentor to Hector.

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The producer of The Hour, a fellow journalist and long time longtime friend of Freddie. Bel feels the need to prove herself in the position despite her gender, constantly being told by the BBC higher ups that she's only gotten the position because she's "easy to control". Despite being quite young for a producer, Bel has a lot of experience in journalism and serves as somewhat of a confidante and mentor to Hector.



!!!Hector Madden (Dominic West)

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!!!Hector Madden !!'''Hector Madden''' (Dominic West)



* ShellShockedVeteran

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* ShellShockedVeteranShellShockedVeteran: Suffers from PTSD after his service in WWII.



!!!Lix Storm (Anna Chancellor)

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!!!Lix Storm !!''Lix Storm'' (Anna Chancellor)



!!!Sissy Cooper (Lisa Greenwood)

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!!!Sissy Cooper !!''Sissy Cooper'' (Lisa Greenwood)



!!!Isaac Wengrow (Joshua [=McGuire=])

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!!!Isaac Wengrow !!''Isaac Wengrow'' (Joshua [=McGuire=])



!!! Clarence Fendley (Anton Lesser)

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!!! Clarence Fendley !!''Clarence Fendley'' (Anton Lesser)



!!! Randall Brown (Peter Capaldi)

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!!! Randall Brown !!''Randall Brown'' (Peter Capaldi)



!!! Marnie Madden (Oona Chaplin)

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!!! Marnie Madden !!''Marnie Madden'' (Oona Chaplin)



!!! Angus [=McCain=] (Julian Rhind-Tutt)

Angus is a slightly-shady government official, working at the highest levels of power in Whitehall. In the first season, he is a more malevolent figure, shutting down all inquiry into the conspiracy surrounding the Elmses and the Soviet spies. In the second season, he serves mainly as a foil to Hector and an ally for the Hour.

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!!! Angus [=McCain=] !!''Angus [=McCain=]'' (Julian Rhind-Tutt)

Angus is a slightly-shady slightly shady government official, working at the highest levels of power in Whitehall. In the first season, he is a more malevolent figure, shutting down all inquiry into the conspiracy surrounding the Elmses and the Soviet spies. In the second season, he serves mainly as a foil to Hector and an ally for the Hour.



!!! Camille Mettier (Lizzie Brocheré)

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!!! Camille Mettier !!''Camille Mettier'' (Lizzie Brocheré)



!!! Sey Ola (Adetomiwa Edun)

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!!! Sey Ola !!''Sey Ola'' (Adetomiwa Edun)



!!! Kiki Delaine (Hannah Tointon)

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!!! Kiki Delaine !!''Kiki Delaine'' (Hannah Tointon)



!!! Commander Laurence "Laurie" Stern (Peter Sullivan)

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!!! Commander !!''Commander Laurence "Laurie" Stern Stern'' (Peter Sullivan)



!!! Ruth Elms (Vanessa Kirby)

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!!! Ruth Elms !!''Ruth Elms'' (Vanessa Kirby)
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!!!Freddie Lyon (Creator/BenWhishaw)

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!!!Freddie Lyon !!'''Freddie Lyon''' (Creator/BenWhishaw)



!!!Bel Rowley (Romola Garai)

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!!!Bel Rowley !!'''Bel Rowley''' (Romola Garai)

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