Shardlake
TV14
Historical drama
Mystery
During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in a remote town of Scarnsea.
Cast & Crew
Arthur Hughes Matthew Shardlake
Sean Bean Thomas Cromwell
Anthony Boyle Jack Barak
Babou Ceesay Abbot Fabian
Paul Kaye Brother Jerome
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis Alice
Matthew Steer Goodhap
Brian Vernel Brother Mortimus
Peter Firth Norfolk
Lee Mason Executive Producer
George Ormond Executive Producer
Mark Pybus Executive Producer
Stevie Lee Executive Producer
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Matt Roush says...
One of the best literary mystery series finally finds its way to TV in an adaptation of the Tudor-era novels by C.J. Sansom (who died Saturday at 71). The four-episode season dramatizes Dissolution, the first volume. The protagonist: principled lawyer Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes), a social outcast who’s considered a “crookback” because of his scoliosis. He’s charged by King Henry VIII’s powerful advisor Thomas Cromwell (Game of Thrones’ Sean Bean) to investigate a murder at a rural monastery that the royal government wants dissolved and closed. The monks greet Shardlake with understandable suspicion, and the lawyer isn’t sure he can trust his assigned companion Jack Barak (Anthony Boyle, on a roll with high-profile roles in Masters of the Air and Manhunt), who he suspects is spying for Cromwell.
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