Prisoner 951 review | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama is heart-rending
A star rating of 4 out of 5. Unless you’ve been living under a rock or have been avoiding the news entirely for the past 10 years (and, honestly, it would be hard to blame you), then chances are you’ll have some knowledge, however fleeting, of the story surrounding Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. That is in no small part thanks to the work of her husband Richard, whose tireless and personally brutal campaigning shone a light on Nazanin’s plight, which could otherwise have gone so much deeper under the radar. Now, a BBC drama, Prisoner 951, is set to bring Nazanin’s story to even greater prominence and recognition, while also deepening the understanding of those who are only aware of it on a cursory level. Based in part on Nazanin and Richard’s upcoming book, A Yard of Sky, which is set to be released next year, the series is a powerful, unflinching piece of drama, which is at once both deeply upsetting and utterly enraging. Narges Rashidi as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Joseph Fiennes as Richard Ratcliffe in …
