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COBRA
Overview
As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
Status
Ended
Network
Sky One, Sky Max
Seasons & Episodes
Cyberwar
In the aftermath of both solar and political storms, Prime Minister Robert Sutherland attempts to steer the country on a more even course. An assassination on British soil, however, unleashes a chain of events that threatens to develop into a crisis even more serious than the one from which the country has recently emerged. An invisible global enemy, not playing by the rules and operating outside national boundaries, appears to be bent on our destruction, leaving an entire country unsure as to who is friend and who is foe.
Episodes
Episode 1
Prime Minister Robert Sutherland, his Chief of Staff Anna Marshall and new Home Secretary Joseph Obasi assemble the emergency committee “COBRA” to respond to a potentially explosive situation in Kent.
Episode 2
Following devastation in Kent and the cyber-attack which continues to jam communications, the Prime Minister convenes an emergency COBRA meeting.
Episode 3
COBRA is assembled when fresh disaster strikes, as a breach at Dover port suggests an insidious threat. The PM's strategy is tested by an online activist.
Episode 4
The team try to understand the latest discovery, while Francine's attack on Lord Singer is met with delight by the Labour leader.
Episode 5
Rachel Sutherland is dismayed by the fresh media assault on her reputation, but Robert is distracted - for somehow, Firestorm is back, and spreading misinformation about the water supply.
Episode 6
Reeling from the events in Kent, the COBRA team are briefed by Eleanor on the nature of a sophisticated malware which has infected the UK’s critical infrastructure.
Top Cast
Robert Carlyle
Robert Sutherland
Victoria Hamilton
Anna Marshall
David Haig
Archie Glover-Morgan
Marsha Thomason
Francine Bridge
Lucy Cohu
Rachel Sutherland
Alexa Davies
Audrey Hemmings
Holly Cattle
Ellie Sutherland
Edward Bennett
Peter Mott
Lisa Palfrey
Eleanor James
Richard Pepple
Joseph Obasi
Jane Horrocks
Victoria Dalton
Gregg Chillin
Nate Stevens
