Hostage is a British political thriller miniseries written by Matt Charman and directed by Isabelle Sieb Amy Nail, starring Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy as the fictional British prime minister and French president respectively. It premiered on Netflix on 21 August 2025.
An international summit between the French and British leaders goes awry when the husband of the British Prime Minister is kidnapped and the French president is blackmailed.
The series is written by Matt Charman. Netflix is producing together with Binocular Productions. Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones were confirmed in the lead roles in March 2024. The cast also includes Corey Mylchreest, Lucian Msamati, Ashley Thomas, James Cosmo and Jehnny Beth. Filming began that month with the working title The Choice. Filming locations include the UK and La Palma on the Canary Islands. In January 2025, the title of the show was reported as Hostage.
The five-episode limited series premiered on Netflix on 21 August 2025.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 82% approval rating based on 33 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Anchored by Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy's authoritative performances, Hostage careens from one shocking twist to another while holding viewers' attention captive." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 62 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable".
Reviewing the series for The Guardian, Lucy Mangan gave a rating of 4/5 and described it as "a rollicking, propulsive and compulsive yarn that also manages to give two great parts to two women of a certain age then leaves them to get on with it as characters rather than symbols."
In contrast, James Delingpole for The Spectator was critical of the series, describing it as "an act of cultural aggression, almost a humiliation ritual."