Incisive dialogues, dark and tense atmosphere in the mysteries of an authoritarian power, strong characters, it feels like a new version of the first season of House of Cards. Despite the visibly corrosive humour, it should be hard between the different protagonists against a backdrop of authoritarian excesses…
In the eye of Stephen Frears
Previously titled The Palace, the satirical series The Regime directed by Stephen Frears follows a whole year of European diet within the walls of a palace. Hugh Grant, Belgian Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, Frenchman Guillaume Gallienne, Danny Webb, David Bamber, Henry Goodman, Stanley Townsend, Louie Mynett, Rory Keenan, Karl Markovics and Pippa Haywood complete the cast of the series, imagined by Succession producer duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich. The series was filmed in Austria and the UK. The Regime won't air until 2024 on Max.
