9.045 minSeason 3 • Episode 6
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As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
Acting
Robert Carlyle's exhausted PM carries every scene silently.
Writing
Bureaucratic dialogue that actually crackles with tension.
Robert Carlyle
Robert Sutherland
Victoria Hamilton
Anna Marshall
David Haig
Archie Glover-Morgan
Marsha Thomason
Francine Bridge
Lucy Cohu
Rachel Sutherland
Alexa Davies
Audrey Hemmings
Holly Cattle
Ellie Sutherland
Edward Bennett
Peter Mott
Lisa Palfrey
Eleanor James
Richard Pepple
Joseph Obasi
Jane Horrocks
Victoria Dalton
Gregg Chillin
Nate Stevens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
COBRA is a real UK government committee that meets during emergencies — the show's writers consulted with former civil servants to nail the jargon and room dynamics.
Released pre-pandemic, the first season's grid-collapse plot felt like fantasy — by 2020, viewers were watching through entirely different eyes. Timing accidentally made it prescient.
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