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Shardlake is a four-part television series on Disney+ based on the Shardlake series of historical mystery novels by C. J. Sansom set in the reign of Henry VIII in the ...
The series' protagonist is the hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who is assisted in his adventures by Mark Poer and then Jack Barak.. Shardlake works on commission, initially from Thomas Cromwell in Dissolution [2] and Dark Fire, [3] then archbishop Thomas Cranmer in Sovereign and Revelation, [4] queen Catherine Parr in Heartstone and Lamentation, and lately princess Elizabeth in Tombland.
“We don’t see a lot of leading disabled characters,” says Arthur Hughes, who plays the title character. Shardlake is a clever lawyer who solves puzzles and problems during the reign of King ...
Shardlake has the sort of brooding, masculine presence that is something of a trope in modern detective series (Broadchurch, True Detective, Luther etc), but more interesting in this setting ...
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Helen, the wife of the Secretary of State for Defence, learns that her secret identity as a spy is in danger after her lover is killed by London's underworld.Her employers, the Black Doves, a spies-for-hire organisation – that retrieves industrial, political or diplomatic secrets for the highest bidder – sends Sam, an old friend, to protect her.
Disney+ is set to take viewers on a journey through Tudor England with its latest series, “Shardlake.” Based on the internationally acclaimed Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom, the ...
New Pictures secured the rights to adapt three of James' novels across six episodes with future seasons outlined. It was announced in October 2020 that Channel 5 and Acorn TV (via Acorn Media Enterprises) had commissioned the series with Bertie Carvel in the titular role and each story having its own cast.