Starring Dominic West, Romola Garai and Ben Whishaw, The Hour launched on BBC Two in July 2011 but will not be returning following low ratings for last year’s Series 2, it was announced earlier this year.

Speaking at the BAFTAs in London this week, Garai commented: “It’s very sad [that the show has been cancelled] but these things happen. You just have to be grateful and glad that you got the job in the first place and you had a wonderful time making it.”

Capaldi, who played head of news Randall Brown in Series 2, added: “We had plans to take it into the ’60s, move to Television Centre. There might be a chance to do a one-off catching up on some of the characters. It’d be fascinating to see them doing Panorama or something like that.”

Garai agreed: “We could do [a one-off episode]. The show was never intended to end as a cliffhanger so it’s really sad that you don’t get to finish off the storylines. Abi was always talking about taking it much more into the ’60s: huge social changes. Freddie and Bel’s story might have a dramatic resolution. Possibly they might have ended up together. People who enjoyed the show really wanted that to happen!”

Creator Abi Morgan previously discussed what might have happened in a third series: “I like the idea that you thought [Freddie] died [following Series 2’s cliffhanger]. I liked the idea of Freddie becoming disillusioned with the government and with the police and, in a way, with the media. Freddie might have gone to the dark side in Series 3, and it may have been up to Bel to pull him back.”

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