Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 01 | 20180101 | 20210705 (BBC7) 20210706 (BBC7) | It begins with a summons from Queen Catherine Parr: 'Master Shardlake, I would welcome your personal counsel on a case...' It ends with the sinking of the warship, the Mary Rose: 'So tall, so grand. I was on her when she went down...' In between, lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak find themselves embroiled in two murky investigations - the first involving the 'monstrous wrongs' allegedly perpetrated by wealthy cloth merchant Sir Nicholas Hobbey against his young ward, Hugh Curteys; the second concerning the troubled past of a Bedlam inmate called Ellen Fettiplace. A patient for nearly 20 years, Ellen is frightened and lonely - and in love with Shardlake. The Hobbey-Curteys case leads Shardlake and Barak to Sir Nicholas's estate near Portsmouth, in Hampshire. 'And the way to Hampshire lay through West Sussex. Where Ellen came from. Two mysteries to unravel. A parade of intriguing characters to interview and interrogate - some disdainful of the hunchbacked lawyer; some obstructive and even dangerous; some not at all what they seem... And as Shardlake and his sidekick travel the countryside in their search for the truth, everywhere they see signs of preparations for war. For just across the Channel the French fleet is getting ready to attack. Justin Salinger and Bryan Dick return as Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barak in Colin MacDonald's atmospheric dramatisation of the best-selling novel by CJ Sansom. Writer - C. J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake returns in the fifth of CJ Sansom's Tudor mysteries. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 02 | 20180102 | 20210706 (BBC7) 20210707 (BBC7) | Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake returns in the fifth of C.J. Sansom's Tudor mysteries. Shardlake and his assistant Barak investigate the suspicious death of Michael Calfhill, former tutor of the Curteys children. But someone is very keen for the case to be dropped; and the army wants Barak for a soldier... Justin Salinger and Bryan Dick return as Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barak in Colin MacDonald's atmospheric dramatisation of the best-selling novel by CJ Sansom. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Sally - Isabella Inchbald Keeper Shawms - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Youth 1 - Gary Duncan Youth 2 - Finn den Hertog Writer - C.J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 03 | 20180103 | 20210707 (BBC7) 20210708 (BBC7) | Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake returns in the fifth of C J Sansom's Tudor mysteries. Shardlake and Barak set off for Hampshire to interview Sir Nicholas Hobbey about the circumstances surrounding his wardship of the Curteys children, Hugh and Emma. On the way they have a troubling encounter with an old friend. Justin Salinger and Bryan Dick return as Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barak in Colin MacDonald's atmospheric dramatisation of the best-selling novel by C J Sansom. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Paulet - Neil McCaul Goodryke/Landlord - Clive Hayward Bess Calfhill - Kath Weare Writer - C J Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 04 | 20180104 | 20210708 (BBC7) 20210709 (BBC7) | Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake returns in the fifth of C J Sansom's Tudor mysteries. At Hoyland, the grand country home of Sir Nicholas Hobbey, Shardlake and Barak find family tensions running high. Hobbey's young ward, Hugh Curteys, describes his relationship with his former tutor, Michael Calfhill, and reveals his own desire to enlist as a soldier and fight against the French. Justin Salinger and Bryan Dick return as Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barak in Colin MacDonald's atmospheric dramatisation of the best-selling novel by C J Sansom. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Nicholas Hobbey - David Seddon Avery - Clive Hayward Writer - C J Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 05 | 20180105 | 20210709 (BBC7) 20210710 (BBC7) | Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake returns in the fifth of C J Sansom's Tudor mysteries. At Hoyland, there's growing rivalry between Sir Nicholas Hobbey's young son David and his ward Hugh Curteys. Meanwhile Shardlake travels to nearby Rolfswood to find out more about the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace, the Bedlam inmate he befriended in the course of another case two years previously. Justin Salinger and Bryan Dick return as Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barak in Colin MacDonald's atmospheric dramatisation of the best-selling novel by C J Sansom. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Rev Seckford - Neil McCaul Nicholas Hobbey - David Seddon Writer - C J Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 06 | 20180108 | 20210712 (BBC7) 20210713 (BBC7) | Continuing Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of the Tudor mystery novel by C.J. Sansom. Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak journey to Portsmouth with Sir Nicholas Hobbey and his young ward, Hugh Curteys. Preparations for a naval battle with the French are gathering pace, and Hugh - anxious to enlist in spite of Sir Nicholas's strong objections - demonstrates his archery skills to Captain Leacon. Meanwhile Shardlake has an unexpected and typically unpleasant encounter with his old enemy Sir Richard Rich. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Nicholas Hobbey - David Seddon High Curteys - Will Howard Dyrick - Philip Bretherton Priddis - Clive Hayward Phillip West - Chris Pavlo Writer - C.J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak journey to Portsmouth with Sir Nicholas Hobbey and his young ward, Hugh Curteys. Preparations for a naval battle with the French are gathering pace, and Hugh – anxious to enlist in spite of Sir Nicholas's strong objections – demonstrates his archery skills to Captain Leacon. Meanwhile Shardlake has an unexpected and typically unpleasant encounter with his old enemy Sir Richard Rich. |
| 07 | 20180109 | 20210713 (BBC7) 20210714 (BBC7) | Continuing Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of the Tudor mystery novel by C.J. Sansom. Shardlake and Barak return to Hoyland, where that evening comes `the first of the events that was to change the life of the Hobbey family forever` - and a stag hunt on the estate ends with a gruesome discovery. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Nicholas Hobbey - David Seddon Hugh Curteys - Will Howard Dyrick - Philip Bretherton Feveryear - Gary Duncan Vicar - Neil McCaul Villager Shardlake and Barak return to Hoyland, where that evening comes “the first of the events that was to change the life of the Hobbey family forever ? – and a stag hunt on the estate ends with a gruesome discovery. Villager - Clive Hayward Writer - C. J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 08 | 20180110 | 20210714 (BBC7) 20210715 (BBC7) | Continuing Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of the Tudor mystery novel by C.J. Sansom. As he continues his investigations into the murky history of the Hobbey family, Shardlake finally realises the startling truth about Sir Nicholas Hobbey's young ward, Hugh Curteys. And in his parallel enquiries into the case of Bedlam inmate Ellen Fettiplace and the traumatic events at Rolfswood nineteen years earlier, he boards the Mary Rose for a second interview with Phillip West - an assistant purser on the warship, and Ellen's one-time fianc退. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Warner - Neil McCaul Priddis - Clive Hayward Sir Richard Rich As he continues his investigations into the murky history of the Hobbey family, Shardlake finally realises the startling truth about Sir Nicholas Hobbey's young ward, Hugh Curteys. And in his parallel enquiries into the case of Bedlam inmate Ellen Fettiplace and the traumatic events at Rolfswood nineteen years earlier, he boards the Mary Rose for a second interview with Phillip West – an assistant purser on the warship, and Ellen's one-time fiancé. Phillip West - Chris Pavlo Nicholas Hobbey - David Seddon Sailor - Gary Duncan Writer - C. J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 09 | 20180111 | 20210715 (BBC7) 20210716 (BBC7) | Continuing Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of the Tudor mystery novel by C.J. Sansom. Shardlake finally uncovers the truth about Ellen Fettiplace and the events at the Rolfswood foundry nineteen years earlier. And as he tracks down Sir Nicholas Hobbey's young ward Hugh Curteys to the warship Mary Rose, the lawyer-detective's two investigations begin to converge. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Phillip West Phillip West - Chris Pavlo Hugh Curteys - Will Howard Pelham - Gary Duncan Officer - Philip Bretherton Writer - C. J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| 10 LAST | 20180112 | 20210716 (BBC7) 20210717 (BBC7) | Concluding Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of the Tudor mystery novel by C.J. Sansom. Matthew Shardlake is on board the Mary Rose when the warship is sunk in battle with the loss of more than four hundred lives. Among the handful of survivors, Shardlake reports back to Queen Catherine with the results of his investigations into the Curteys children and the family of Sir Nicholas Hobbey. And he pays a final visit to Ellen Fettiplace in the Bedlam. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Hugh Curteys - Will Howard George Leacon - Finn den Hertog Sailor 1 - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Sailor 2 - Philip Bretherton Writer - C. J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake. Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| OMNI-01 | 20180106 | 20180107 (BBC7) 20210711 (BBC7) | It begins with a summons from Queen Catherine Parr: 'Master Shardlake, I would welcome your personal counsel on a case...' It ends with the sinking of the warship, the Mary Rose: 'So tall, so grand. I was on her when she went down...' In between, lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak find themselves embroiled in two murky investigations - the first involving the 'monstrous wrongs' allegedly perpetrated by wealthy cloth merchant Sir Nicholas Hobbey against his young ward, Hugh Curteys; the second concerning the troubled past of a Bedlam inmate called Ellen Fettiplace. A patient for nearly 20 years, Ellen is frightened and lonely - and in love with Shardlake. The Hobbey-Curteys case leads Shardlake and Barak to Sir Nicholas's estate near Portsmouth, in Hampshire. 'And the way to Hampshire lay through West Sussex. Where Ellen came from. Two mysteries to unravel. A parade of intriguing characters to interview and interrogate - some disdainful of the hunchbacked lawyer; some obstructive and even dangerous; some not at all what they seem... And as Shardlake and his sidekick travel the countryside in their search for the truth, everywhere they see signs of preparations for war. For just across the Channel the French fleet is getting ready to attack. Justin Salinger and Bryan Dick return as Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barak in Colin MacDonald's atmospheric dramatisation of the best-selling novel by CJ Sansom. Writer - C. J. Sansom Dramatist - Colin MacDonald Lawyer-detective Shardlake goes to Portsmouth and the French are preparing to attack Omnibus editions of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |
| OMNI-02 | 20180113 | 20180114 (BBC7) 20210718 (BBC7) | Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak journey to Portsmouth with Sir Nicholas Hobbey and his young ward, Hugh Curteys. Preparations for a naval battle with the French are gathering pace, and Hugh – anxious to enlist in spite of Sir Nicholas's strong objections – demonstrates his archery skills to Captain Leacon. Meanwhile Shardlake has an unexpected and typically unpleasant encounter with his old enemy Sir Richard Rich. Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of the Tudor mystery novel by CJ Sansom. Omnibus of the last five of ten parts. Matthew Shardlake - Justin Salinger Jack Barak - Bryan Dick Nicholas Hobbey - David Seddon High Curteys - Will Howard Dyrick - Philip Bretherton Priddis - Clive Hayward Phillip West - Chris Pavlo Director: David Jackson Young Tudor lawyer-detective Shardlake heads to Portsmouth. Omnibus editions of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels. |