Danny Dyer lands his biggest acting role yet playing hero cop in ‘heart-stopping’ new true crime thriller on Channel 4
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February 12, 2026
EX-EASTENDER Danny Dyer will star in a new drama about the 1980 Iran embassy siege. The cockney actor will play PC Trevor Lock. He was guarding the Iranian embassy in South Kensington, London, when terrorists took him and 25 others hostage. A six-day stand-off ended live on TV when the SAS — motto Who Dares...
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