SHARDLAKE (HULU)
Premieres Wednesday, May 1
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
5/1/24
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STATUS:
new this spring (yet to premiere) |
TIME SLOT:
wednesdays from 12:01 AM-1:00 AM EST |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (4 episodes) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Hulu's press release, April 2024) Drenched in mystery, suspense and deception, this four-part drama, based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom's internationally popular Tudor murder mystery series, is an eerie whodunnit adventure, set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. Shardlake's sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea. The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery and it is now imperative for Cromwell's own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery. He leaves Shardlake in no doubt that failure is not an option. Cromwell insists that he is accompanied by Jack Barak to Scarnsea, where the duo are met with hostility, suspicion and paranoia by the monks who fear for their future and will seemingly stop at nothing to preserve their order. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Anthony Boyle as Jack Barak
· Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake
· Babou Ceesay as Abbot Fabian
· Brian Vernel as Brother Mortimus
· David Pearse as Brother Edwig
· Irfan Shamji as Brother Guy
· Kimberley Nixon as Joan
· Matthew Steer as Goodhap
· Mike Noble as Bugge
· Miles Barrow as Brother Gabriel
· Paul Kaye as Brother Jerome
· Peter Firth as Norfolk
· Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice
· Sean Bean as Thomas Cromwell
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CREW INFORMATION:
· George Ormond as EP
· John Griffin as PROD
· Justin Chadwick as DIR
· Justin Chadwick as EP
· Lee Mason as EP
· Mark Pybus as EP
· Stephen Butchard as WRTR
· Stevie Lee as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Forge, The
· Runaway Fridge
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