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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is a mentor at the tenth annual Hunger Games.

Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow remains the last hope for his fading lineage. With the tenth annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12. Putting together their instincts for showmanship and political savvy, they race against time to ultimately reveal who is a songbird and who is a snake.

2 hours, 23 minutes

On TV

Fri 13 Nov 202623:30
BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD

Credits

Lucy Gray BairdRachel Zegler
Coriolanus SnowTom Blyth
Grandma'amFionnula Flanagan
Dr Volumnia GaulViola Davis
Tigris SnowHunter Schafer
Casca HighbottomPeter Dinklage
Commander HoffBurn Gorman
Sejanus PlinthJosh Andrés Rivera
Lucky FlickermanJason Schwartzman
WriterSuzanne Collins
WriterMichael Lesslie
WriterMichael Arndt
DirectorFrancis Lawrence

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Apr 202622:30
    BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Sun 5 Apr 202623:30
    BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only
  • Fri 10 Apr 202622:00
    BBC Three
  • Fri 13 Nov 202623:30
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Sat 14 Nov 202600:00
    BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only
  • Thu 19 Nov 202622:30
    BBC Three

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