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Prisoner 951

Prisoner 951

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Prisoner 951

2025- 2025

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

5.2(13 votes)

Ended

Drama

Overview

The true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - imprisoned in Iran and separated from her daughter - and her husband Richard, who fights both the British and Iranian governments to facilitate her release.

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Production Companies

Dancing Ledge Productions

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

6 featured cast members

Starring

Narges Rashidi

Narges Rashidi

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes

Richard Ratcliffe

Shaun McKee

Shaun McKee

Lim

Armin Karima

Armin Karima

Seyed

Elham Karimpour

Shirin

Marion Bailey

Marion Bailey

Barbara Ratcliffe

Creative team

Written by: Stephen Butchard

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