Shardlake: Sovereign (Omnibus)

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Omnibus editions of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels.

Omnibus editions of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels, featuring lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake.

Shardlake (Omnibus): Sovereign: Episode 1

Sovereign

Episode 1

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It is 1541 and Henry VIII is heading north. Tudor crime novel.

It is 1541 and Henry VIII is heading north. Tudor crime novel featuring lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake. Stars Justin Salinger.

Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Royal Progress to York, aiming to strike fear and awe into his rebellious northern subjects. 

Shardlake, and his assistant Barak, arrive in the city a day ahead of the 3,000-strong procession. Officially there to prepare petitions for the King, they have also been tasked with a secret mission by Archbishop Cranmer: to ensure the welfare of one of the northern conspirators, Sir Edward Broderick, who is to be brought back to London for questioning in the Tower. 

Tensions are running high in the city, and soon Shardlake is called to investigate a suspicious death - and stumbles upon a daring plot that has the potential to shake England to its core. 

CJ Sansom's third Tudor crime novel featuring hunchback lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake. 

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts of Colin MacDonald's atmospheric dramatisation. 

Shardlake ..... Justin Salinger 
Barak ..... Bryan Dick 
Wrenne ..... Geoffrey Whitehead 
Tamasin ..... Cath Whitefield 
Radwinter ..... David Acton 
Broderick ..... Nick Underwood 
Maleverer ..... Stephen Critchlow 
Jennet ..... Alex Tregear 
Craike ..... Patrick Brennan 
Cranmer ..... Sam Dale 
Rochford ..... Amelia Lowdell 
Oldroyd ..... Chris Pavlo 
Paul ..... Mark Edel-Hunt 
The Queen ..... Melody Grove 
Henry VIII ..... Patrick Brennan 
Youhill ..... SAM DALE 
Rich.........Chris Pavlo

Other parts played by the cast. 

Director:  Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

Shardlake (Omnibus): Sovereign

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