When a devastating explosion rocks a London hotel, three strangers are thrust together in a bid to stay safe. Keith, a hapless Uber driver with delusions of heroism. Rochelle, the group’s accidental moral compass. And Charlie, a social media addict whose impulse to overshare might doom them all.
The MET Police have one urgent directive: no contact with the outside world.
But the relentless 24-hour news cycle spins their ordeal, turning speculation into chaos and leaving them questioning what’s real—and who they can trust.
The clock is ticking, tensions are rising, and the hotel room isn’t as empty as they thought…
Hostages takes aim at the modern media circus, the death of truth, and the question no one wants to answer: is social media more important than human lives? (It is.)
After working both in the music industry as a singer and doing youth theatre in her teens, Charlotte was reading English and Drama at Bristol University when she successfully auditioned for the television sitcom "Fresh Meat", and has since appeared in leading roles in another sitcom, "Siblings", and the period drama "Call the Midwife." More Recently Charlotte is know for her roles in "Feel Good" (Netflix), "Ghosts" (BBC) and "You" (Netflix).
Tanya Moodie was born on April 16, 1972 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Empire of Light (2022), Motherland (2016) and A Discovery of Witches (2018).
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Nicholas Asbury won an Olivier Award as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2009 and has since starred in The Inbetweeners, Chewing Gum and Sherlock among many other screen appearances, notably playing a younger Winston Churchill in the BBC's '37 Days'. He has recently starred as Jim in the BAFTA Award Winning 'Alma's Not Normal', and Mr. Angel in Hugh Laurie's 'Why Didn't They Ask Evans?' alongside Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton.
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Raj played the lead role in the theatrical production of the critically acclaimed The Kite Runner, for which he won a Best Actor award. He played series regular Grayson in BAFTA winning Dead Set, and was in BAFTA winning Taboo with Tom Hardy. Raj can be seen in 2 seasons of RTS winning Ackley Bridge, BAFTA nominated Ghosts, was a semi recurring role of love rat Aashiq Sawney in Doctors, and Christopher Robin for Disney.
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Luke McQueen is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and actor, who you will have seen on 'The Moth Club' (Dave) 'Comedians Giving Lectures' (Dave) 'The Stand-up Sketch show' (ITV) and 'Roast Battle'. (Comedy Central)
He is a critically acclaimed maverick of the Edinburgh fringe, having performed 5 solo shows to sell out crowds and rave reviews. Luke has written and starred in a number of short films over the years, with his performance in 'Last Dates' receiving an honourable mention at the LOCO film festival and his film 'Trevor' receiving a special commendation the following year.
