Sky and streaming service NOW has released the official trailer and key art for the original limited series THE REGIME, starring Academy Award®-winner Kate Winslet, written by Will Tracy and directed by Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs. All six episodes will debut in April in the UK exclusively on Sky Atlantic and NOW.

The darkly comedic six-episode series  tells the story of life within the walls of a modern authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel. After not leaving the palace for quite some time, Chancellor Elena Vernham (Kate Winslet) has grown increasingly paranoid and unstable when she turns to a volatile soldier, Herbert Zubak (Matthias Schoenaerts), as an unlikely confidant. As Zubak’s influence over the chancellor continues to grow, Elena’s attempts to expand her power eventually result in both the palace and the country fracturing around her. 

Cast: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, and Hugh Grant.  

Credits: Executive producers are Will Tracy, who also serves as showrunner and writer, Frank Rich, Tracey Seaward, Kate Winslet, Stephen Frears, and Jessica Hobbs. Writers are Seth Reiss, Sarah DeLappe, Gary Shteyngart, Jen Spyra, and Juli Weiner.