No, the series is not explicitly based on a true story, and the characters and storyline is fictional, per FandomWire. The limited series consists of five episodes, all of which are streaming on Netflix. You can also watch the trailer above. Netflix‘s Hostage is one of the streaming service’s latest buzzy additions.

Netflix’s Hostage is a five-episode political thriller in which British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton ( Suranne Jones) faces the horror of her husband being kidnapped, while French President Vivienne Toussaint ( Julie Delpy) becomes the target of a blackmail scheme.

Netflix's Hostage has left fans with a number of unanswered questions following the tense finale, and now the show's creator has opened up on the ending

Following its release yesterday, Hostage has shot straight to the top of the UK Top 10 series, beating the likes of Love Is Blind: UK and Wednesday. The five-part series has also proved largely popular with critics, sitting at an 82% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews.

Who was behind the kidnapping? The Hostage finale opens with a revealing flashback to a young Abigail Dalton, then a junior minister, faced with a harrow

Ashley Thomas, an actor and rapper who has featured in TV series such as Them, Top Boy, The Night Of, 24: Legacy, The Serpent Queen, and Steven Knight's reimagining of Great Expectations on the BBC, plays Dr Alex Anderson, Dalton's kidnapped medic husband.

Actor and rapper Ashley Thomas is Dalton’s abducted medic husband Dr Alex Anderson, and has appeared in the likes of TV series Them, Top Boy, The Night Of, 24: Legacy, The Serpent Queen, and Steven Knight’s reimagining of Great Expectations on the BBC.

Hostage is Netflix's latest thriller, starring Suranne Jones as the British Prime Minister, Abigail Dalton.

Netflix viewers are binge-watching the new five-part thriller, Hostage, starring Suranne Jones, after being "hooked" just minutes into the show. Get the