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HBO 2022 1 season 4 eps TV-MA Ended

Hostages

2022 1 season 4 eps TV-MA

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Season 1

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Season 1

60 min

S1 · E1 · Sep 28, 2022

Part One: The Peacock Throne Episode 1

Under the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah, Iran experiences an oil-driven economic boom, but the government’s excesses and repressive tactics lead to increasing hostility towards the monarch and his closest ally: the United States. As religious cleric Ayatollah Khomeini grows in popularity, the Shah flees and the country becomes engulfed in revolution, endangering the U.S. embassy.

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60 min

S1 · E2 · Sep 28, 2022

Part Two: Den of Spies Episode 2

November 1979. In protest of the United States’ long-standing relationship with the now-deposed Shah, an Iranian student group plans a 48-hour sit-in at the American embassy in Tehran. But what starts as a political statement quickly turns into chaos as Khomeini’s regime sanctions the embassy takeover and uses it to shore up power.

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60 min

S1 · E3 · Sep 29, 2022

Part Three: The Sand Storm Episode 3

With 1980 fast approaching, and the crisis nowhere near ending, the situation takes on a life of its own in American and Iranian media. After diplomatic efforts to secure the hostages’ release fail, and their fates become more dire, President Carter launches a rescue operation – with disastrous results.

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60 min

S1 · E4 · Sep 29, 2022

Part Four: The Transaction Episode 4

A year into the siege, Carter works furiously to secure a deal as the 1980 U.S. presidential election approaches. As Ronald Reagan prepares to take office, the outgoing administration enters a final, desperate diplomatic push. Today, those on both sides of the conflict weigh in on the crisis’ complex and enduring legacy.

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4 episodes in Season 1

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“444 days. Decades in the making.”

On November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. What was planned as a 48-hour sit-in to protest American imperialism, ballooned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 444 days. With never-before-seen archival footage and revelatory new interviews with the American hostages and Iranian hostage-takers alike, the series is a gripping chronicle of one of the most dramatic international deadlocks in American history, a deep dive into the geo-political history that led to the crisis, and an exploration of the political fallout that reverberates today.

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Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh Director · Sam Pollard Director · Maro Chermayeff Director

Director

Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh

Director

Sam Pollard

Director

Maro Chermayeff

Executive producer

Nancy Abraham

Executive producer

Lisa Heller

Executive producer

Sara Rodriguez

Total runtime 4h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Type Miniseries

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Premiered

September 28, 2022

Final episode

September 29, 2022

Status

Ended

Network

HBO

Country

United States

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

60 min

Total runtime

4h 0m

Original language

English

Production

S

Show of Force

Production

H

HBO Documentary Films

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United States

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Spoken on screen

English

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