Guerrilla

Set in 1970s London, this six-part story follows Black Power activists Jas (Freida Pinto) and Marcus (Babou Ceesay) as they embark upon a mission to liberate a political prisoner

Set in 1970s London, this six-part story follows Black Power activists Jas (Freida Pinto) and Marcus (Babou Ceesay) as they embark upon a mission to liberate a political prisoner.

But with the Black Power Desk – a unit headed up by DCI Pence (Rory Kinnear) and DI Cullen (Daniel Mays) – working to crush black activism, will Jas and Marcus succeed?

Rooted in a turbulent period, Guerrilla asks what could have happened if the British Black Power movement had used violence.

Exec-producer Idris Elba also stars as an activist in this thought-provoking drama from 12 Years a Slave’s Oscar-winning writer John Ridley.