Hijack is a seven-part thriller miniseries created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, starring Idris Elba. It premiered on 28 June 2023 on Apple TV+.
Cast
- Idris Elba as Sam Nelson, a corporate business negotiator
- Neil Maskell as Stuart Atterton / Gerald Taylor, the leader of the hijackers
- Christine Adams as Marsha Smith-Nelson, Sam's estranged wife, a physics professor
- Max Beesley as DI Daniel O'Farrel, Marsha's current boyfriend, a Metropolitan Police officer
- Ben Miles as Captain Robin Allen, the pilot of Kingdom Airlines Flight 29
- Kate Phillips as Collette Fisher, a flight attendant who is having an affair with Robin
- Jasper Britton as Terry Reid / Marcus Sutton, one of the hijackers
- Jack McMullen as Lewis Atterton / Ryan Cunningham, one of the hijackers
- Aimée Kelly as Jamie Constantinou / Bella Cunningham, one of the hijackers
- Eve Myles as Alice Sinclair, an air traffic controller at London Heathrow Airport
- Archie Panjabi as DCI Zahra Gahfoor, O'Farrel's former partner and a member of SO15
- Hattie Morahan as Louise Aitchison, the British foreign secretary
- Neil Stuke as the British home secretary
Where to watch
Hijack is an Apple TV+ exclusive, so you'll need to subscribe to the streaming service to watch Idris Elba's latest series. But the streaming service currently has a seven-day free trial, so you can watch all the currently released episodes without charge.