COBRA (British TV series)
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| Genre | Political drama |
| Created by | Ben Richards |
| Written by | Ben Richards |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
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| Producer | Joe Donaldson |
| Editor | Matt Sandford |
| Running time | 41–44 minutes |
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| Release | 17 January 2020 – 16 November 2023 |
COBRA is a British political thriller television series that premiered on 17 January 2020 on Sky One. The six-episode first series is written by Ben Richards and stars Robert Carlyle and Victoria Hamilton.
The series premiered on PBS in the United States on 4 October 2020. In February 2020, it was renewed for a second series titled Cyberwar, which was broadcast in the UK in late 2021 and the US in 2022. A third series, titled Rebellion, was confirmed in May 2022 and began airing on 12 October 2023.
The title of the series refers to the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (COBR), which is often misspelt with a superfluous 'a' in the media, the location in Whitehall where British Prime Ministers often hold important emergency meetings.