The Quiet Hour

The Quiet Hour (2026)

Year
2026
Director
Margo Roe
Duration
60 min

"The Quiet Hour" is a gripping, intimate drama set over the course of one relentless night shift in an NHS hospital, where overworked nurse Riya battles exhaustion, guilt, and the ghosts of past mistakes while caring for her patients. As she juggles a collapsing system, an understaffed ward, and a stream of emergencies—from dying patients to Fred, a combative amputee, and a medical error that nearly costs a life—her professional composure begins to fracture. Haunted by the memory of a young girl she couldn’t save and the growing distance from her teenage daughter, Riya’s night spirals into a raw reckoning with compassion, burnout, and the quiet heroism that holds the health service together.

Cast

Archie PanjabiArchie Panjabi
Paul KayePaul Kaye
Coming SoonNathaniel Turray-Boxx
Mohamed ElsandelMohamed Elsandel
Coming SoonGeoffrey Leesley
Coming SoonSu Elliot
Aled Ap SteffanAled Ap Steffan
Amber GrappyAmber Grappy
Eve PonsonbyEve Ponsonby
Ashling O’SheaAshling O’Shea
Coming SoonFaaiz Mbelizi
Coming SoonSarah Leatherbarrow
Coming SoonIsobel Pinsky
Becky LindsayBecky Lindsay
Coming SoonJoy-Zahara-Bina Olugboyega