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Shardlake

TV·2024–2024·Disney+·Drama, Crime, History·52m·7.4·Created by Stephen Butchard, C. J. Sansom

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The year is 1536. Matthew Shardlake, a brilliant lawyer with an acute sense of justice, finds his life turned upside down when Thomas Cromwell, Henry Vlll's right-hand man, sends him to the remote monastery of Scarnsea to investigate a murder, and to ultimately claim its wealth for the King. Accompanied by the arrogant and ambitious Jack Barak, it becomes clear that the death they are investigating is not the first. Facing hostility and suspicion at every turn and unsure of Barak's true intentions, Shardlake is drawn into a web of lies, deceit and corruption that threatens not only his integrity but his life.

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Arthur HughesArthur HughesMatthew ShardlakeAnthony BoyleAnthony BoyleJack BarakBabou CeesayBabou CeesayAbbot FabianPaul KayePaul KayeBrother JeromeRuby Ashbourne SerkisRuby Ashbourne SerkisAliceBrian VernelBrian VernelBrother MortimusDavid PearseDavid PearseBrother EdwigIrfan ShamjiIrfan ShamjiBrother Guy

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