Hostages (Israeli TV series)

Hostages
Also known as 'Bnei Aruba'
Genre
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Created by
  • Rotem Shamir
  • Omri Givon
Directed by
  • Rotem Shamir
  • Omri Givon
Starring
Country of origin Israel
Original language(s) Hebrew
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 22 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Chaim Sharir
Producer(s) Chaim Sharir
Location(s) Israel
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s) Yetzira Ivrit
Distributor Federation Entertainment & Armoza Formats
Release
Original network Channel 10, Netflix
Original release 13 October 2013 (2013-10-13) – present
External links
Production website

Hostages (Hebrew: בני ערובה; Bnei Aruba) is an Israeli drama television series that was first broadcast on Channel 10 in October 2013. The series was created by Rotem Shamir and Omri Givon and produced by Chaim Sharir.[1]
The series originally aired on Channel 10 in Israël and was made available on Netflix in multiple regions in September 2016.

Synopsis

When four masked men violently break into the Danon family home taking them hostage, the family of four will be shaken to the core and their lives changed forever.
The mysteriously masked men demand that Yael (Ayelet Zurer), the matriarch of this family and brilliant surgeon, kill the prime minister in what’s meant to be a routine surgery.
The clock is ticking with the operation scheduled for the following day and if the Prime Minister is not dead, her family will be.

Main Cast

Ayelet Zurer & Alona Tal (left to right)

Reception

Critical Reception

Maariv said "you don't even notice the time pass and you're sitting with a dry throat and eyes glued to the screen. You're already booking the next episode and setting a reminder". Haaretz, another Israeli newspaper, said it "sets a new standard for Israeli TV".[2]
In France, the series was also well-received by critics, with the newspapers L'Express describing it as "refined" and with a "stellar cast".[3]

Awards

International sales

Before any Israeli broadcaster had been secured, the story was sold to CBS, which adapted it for the US market as Hostages.[5] The US version premiered on 23 September 2013, a month before the Israeli premiere.

The Israeli version, Bnei Aruba, was presented to international buyers at MIPCOM in October 2013,[6][7] and in December 2013, BBC Four announced it had acquired the series.[1][8] BBC Four started showing it on 21 February 2015, with two episodes in tandem each Saturday night.[9]
In January 2014, Canal+ acquired the Israeli series.[10][11][12]
Due to the series success in Europe, a second season was produced and acquires by Canal+, who broadcast it in March & April 2016.[13]
The series' first season was released on Netflix in multiple regions in September 2016.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "BBC Four announces three brand-new drama acquisitions". BBC. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hostages" (PDF). Armazo Formats. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hostages: "La série israélienne est raffinée, la version américaine caricaturale"". Retrieved Jun" 17, 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "'Hostages' Wins Big in Monte Carlo TV Festival". Retrieved Jun" 17, 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (17 January 2013). "CBS Orders Jerry Bruckheimer-Produced 'Hostages' To Pilot, Toni Collette To Star". Deadline. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Whittock, Jesse (24 September 2013). "Armoza's Hostages to break out at MIPCOM". TBI Vision. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Gopi, Shreya (17 September 2013). "MIPCOM: Armoza Formats to launch "Hostages"". On Screen Asia. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  8. ↑ White, Peter (11 December 2013). "BBC4 buys Israeli drama Hostages". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  9. ↑ BBC Four: Hostages Linked 2015-02-22
  10. ↑ Dickens, Andrew (22 January 2014). "Canal+ takes Israel's Hostages". C21 Media. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  11. ↑ Paoli-Lebailly, Pascale (23 January 2014). "Armoza sells Hostages to Canal+". Rapid TV News. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  12. ↑ Padovano, Joanna (22 January 2014). "Armoza Formats' Hostages Set for Canal+ France". Worldscreen. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  13. ↑ http://teleobs.nouvelobs.com/actualites/20150323.OBS5275/canal-acquiert-la-saison-2-de-la-serie-hostages.html
  14. ↑ "video on uNoGS". unogs.com.

External links

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