The Day: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Day is a propulsive edge-of-your-seat thriller unfolding across a single, gripping day. When police stumble across a bank robbery mid-heist, the criminals barricade themselves inside, and a terrifying siege begins.

The series opens from the police perspective, led by hostage negotiator Sylvia "Vox" Voxley, as she battles time and rising pressure to save the hostages. But as the crisis hurtles towards breaking point, the story rewinds - pulling viewers inside the bank to relive the same events through the eyes of the robbers and their hostages. 

With each episode flipping perspective between the police operation and the robbers barricaded inside, The Day constantly resets the narrative. Every shift in perspective reframes the truth and deepens the mystery - building to an explosive finale where the full picture finally snaps into place.

Series details

• Title: The Day
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, Thriller
• Status in TVmaze: In Development
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Paramount+
• TVMaze ID: 91281

Cast and credited roles

• Minnie Driver — Sylvia "Vox" Voxley

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Day on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.