{"id":53805,"date":"2024-06-25T13:29:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2062071"},"modified":"2024-06-25T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T12:39:02","slug":"gangs-of-london-star-joins-joseph-fiennes-in-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/gangs-of-london-star-joins-joseph-fiennes-in-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangs of London star joins Joseph Fiennes in Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filming is currently under way in the UK and Europe, it has been reported. <\/p>

By Chezelle Bingham\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 25 June 2024 at 11:29 AM<\/p>

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Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes<\/a> will star in an upcoming drama about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who was accused of spying, it has been confirmed.<\/p>\n

Rashidi will play Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained and held in prison in Iran for six years, while Fiennes will star opposite as Zaghari-Ratcliffe\u2019s husband Richard Ratcliffe, who sustained a campaign for her release.<\/p>\n

Zaghari-Ratcliffe always denied the accusations she faced and was freed in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

The series was originally announced by the BBC at the beginning of the month (June 2024), and is set to adapt the events described in Zaghari-Ratcliffe\u2019s book A Yard of Sky: A Story of Love, Resistance and Hope \u2013 which chronicled her harrowing experience.<\/p>\n

As reported by Deadline<\/a>, a spokesperson from the BBC said of the drama: \u201cNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard Ratcliffe\u2019s extraordinary experiences captured everyone\u2019s hearts; their journey is one of despair, courage and hope, spanning two countries and six years, and ultimately, it\u2019s a story of how this family, who were forced apart by international events, were finally reunited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joseph Fiennes.<\/span><\/figcaption> Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The four-part drama is currently in production, with filming taking place across the UK and Europe.<\/p>\n

Rashidi will be best known to audiences for her role in Gangs of London<\/a>, in which has played Lale for two seasons. She has also had roles in Hanna, The Girlfriend Experience and Anatomy of Evil.<\/p>\n

Fiennes, meanwhile, boasts a plethora of acting roles, though is perhaps best known for his portrayal of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.<\/p>\n

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