The Post

Drama History ★ 7.0

In 1971, an American military analyst uncovers the depths of the US government's deceptions about the futility of the Vietnam War, and takes action by copying top-secret documents that would become the Pentagon Papers. Washington Post owner Kay Graham and her editor Ben Bradlee discover The New York Times is preparing an explosive expose on those papers and, determined to compete, set out to publish them first. Steven Spielberg's fact-based drama, starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson and Bob Odenkirk

Sunday, 25 October 1 airing
17:50
Sky Cinema Drama
The Post
Monday, 26 October 1 airing
09:20
Sky Cinema Drama
The Post
Cast
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Kay Graham
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Ben Bradlee
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson
Tony Bradlee
Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk
Ben Bagdikian
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts
Fritz Beebe
Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford
Arthur Parsons
Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Robert McNamara
Matthew Rhys
Matthew Rhys
Daniel Ellsberg
Alison Brie
Alison Brie
Lally Graham
Carrie Coon
Carrie Coon
Meg Greenfield
Jesse Plemons
Jesse Plemons
Roger Clark
David Cross
David Cross
Howard Simons
Zach Woods
Zach Woods
Anthony Essaye
Pat Healy
Pat Healy
Phil Geyelin
John Rue
John Rue
Gene Patterson