On weekly for 6w - this thread is tv paced
This looks really good and an amazing well known cast !!!!!
Prepare to go on quite the wild ride with new crime drama The Red King, which combines elements of the archetypal police drama format we know with elements of "chilling, atmospheric folk-horror.
The new series follows Grace as she's placed on a remote "punishment posting" on the island of St Jory in Wales, where she's meet with hostility, a cult nobody seems to talk about and the case of a missing teenager.
According to the official series synopsis: "Smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan (Mohindra) was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a 'punishment posting' on the small, antiquated island of St Jory.
"Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of missing teenage boy Cai, Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters and the island's strange cult history to uncover the truth.
The six-part series (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/anjli-mohindra-jill-halfpenny-doctor-who-writer-drama-newsupdate/) is not only positively intriguing, but also boasts quite the cast and behind-the-scenes team.
Led by Anjli Mohindra (The Lazarus Project (www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/the-lazarus-project-sky-cancelled-newsupdate/)
) as police sergeant Grace Narayan, the show follows her as she's sent to the small island of St Jory, where she's faced with the unsolved case of a missing local boy.
But will she be able to get to the bottom of this case despite some tension from the locals? On top of that, Grace also has to reckon with the town's "eerie past devotion to a pagan God called the Red King and the cult of the True Way".
The new series is penned by Doctor Who (www.radiotimes.com/doctor-who/)'s Toby Whithouse (www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-toby-whithouse-protected-exclusive-newsupdate/)
and directed by Daniel O'Hara, who is known for his work on Harlan Coben's
Stay Close (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/stay-close-netflix-review/)
and
The Stranger (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/harlan-coben-the-stranger-season-2-netflix-exclusive-newsupdate/)
, as well as
Brassic (www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/brassic-sky-cast/)
.
Led by Anjli Mohindra, known for her roles in The Lazarus Project (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-lazarus-project-season-3/) and Vigil (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/vigil-season-3-release-date/), as Grace, the star is joined by many a familiar face in The Red King.
As well as the likes of Jill Halfpenny (The Cuckoo (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-cuckoo-channel-5-cast/)) as Ann Fletcher and Mark Lewis Jones (Baby Reindeer (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/baby-reindeer-cast-netflix/)) as Gruffudd Prosser, the cast for The Red King also includes Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bridgerton-season-3-release-date-2/)
) as Lady Heather Nancarrow and Marc Warren (
Van Der Valk (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/van-der-valk-itv-cast-characters/)
) as Dr Ian Prideaux.
The full cast list for The Red King is as follows.
•
Anjli Mohindra as Grace Narayan
•
Adjoa Andoh as Lady Heather Nancarrow
•
Marc Warren as Dr Ian Prideaux
•
Jill Halfpenny as Ann Fletcher
• Mark Lewis Jones as Gruffudd Prosser
• Oliver Ryan as Mihangel Pugh
• Sam Swainsbury as Father Douglas Carrisford
• Lu Corfield as Lowri Bain
• James Bamford as Owen Parry
• Maeve Courtier-Lilley as Winter Bain
• Tuyen Do as Minh Prosser
• Lloyd Meredith as Eric Crowther
• Dylan Jones as Alun Crowt