A year after launching on Disney +, Shardlake arrives on terrestrial television offering a Tudor take on the classic detective format.
Written by Stephen Butchard, he said: “Although these stories are set in Tudor England, the themes absolutely engage and resonate with today’s world.
The year is 1536, and lawyer Matthew Shardlake finds his life turned upside down after Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s right-hand man, sends him to the remote monastery of Scarnsea to investigate a murder, accompanied by the arrogant assistant Barak.
It is now imperative for Cromwell’s own political survival that Shardlake solves the murder and closes the monastery, and he leaves Shardlake in no doubt that failure is not an option.
At Scarnsea, 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.
Who is in the cast of Shardlake?
Arthur Hughes stars as Matthew Shardlake (Photo: The Forge/ Runaway Fridge/ ITV)
British actor Hughes, 33, is known for his work on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing the title role in Richard III and Richard, Duke of Gloucester in War of the Roses.
Anthony Boyle
Anthony Boyle plays Jack Barak (Photo: The Forge/ Runaway Fridge/ ITV)Anthony Boyle is Jack Barak, one of Thomas Cromwell’s henchmen.
He played Geoffrey Bache Smith in the film Tolkien and Kevin Maxwell in Tetris.
Sean Bean is Thomas Cromwell (Photo: The Forge/ Runaway Fridge/ ITV)
Sean Bean stars as Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII’s chief minister.
He is famed for his role as Sharpe, based on the Bernard Cromwell novels. He has also starred in Game of Thrones, Missing, Legends, Medici: Masters of Florence and more recently This City is Ours.
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis is Alice (Photo: The Forge/ Runaway Fridge/ ITV)Ruby Ashbourne Serkis is Alice Fewterer, who works as an assistant in the infirmary at St Donatus Abbey.
She played Lavinia in The Letter for the King, Amy Robsart in Becoming Elizabeth and Celia Wilson in The Serpent.
The cast of Shardlake also includes:
Joe Barber is Simon Whelplay (Adolescence, Coma) Miles Barrow in Brother Gabriel (The Ark, The Peripheral) Babou Ceesay is Abbot Fabian (We Hunt Together, Wolfe) Paul Kaye is Brother Jerome (Game of Thrones, Vera) Mike Noble is Bugge (This City is Ours, The Capture) David Pearse is Brother Edwig (Man Like Mobeen, Dalgliesh) Irfan Shamji is Brother Guy (Industry, The Ipcress File) Brian Vernel is Brother Mortimus (Gangs of London, Slow Horses) Michael Rivers is Robin Singleton (Doctors, Locked Up Abroad) Matthew Steer is Doctor Goodhap (Showtrial, The Ipcress File) Tadhg Murphy is Copynger (Time Bandits. Brassic) Peter Firth is Norfolk (Summer of Rockets, Cheat) Alex Bhat is Crowe (Marie Antoinette, Des) Ken Nwosu is Snook (Black Doves, The Winter King)Set in Tudor England during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, crews travelled to Austria, Hungary and Romania to find the kind of buildings which could conjure up the atmosphere of the time.
Shardlake was filmed on location in Austria, Hungary and Romania (Photo: The Forge, Runaway Fridge/ ITV)
When is Shardlake on and how many episodes are there?
Shardlake, which was first released on Disney+ last year, begins on ITV1 on Monday 9 June at 9pm.
The entire series can also be streamed on ITVX.
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