Shardlake: Revelation

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Dramatisations of CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novels.

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

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Justin Salinger

Bryan Dick

Carl Prekopp

Vincent Ebrahim

Luke MacGregor

David Seddon

Patrick Brennan

Clare Perkins

Sean Baker

Kirsty Oswald

Kirsteen Cameron

CJ Sansom

Colin MacDonald

Shardlake: Revelation: Episode 5

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Episode 5

Revelation

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Shardlake, Revelation, Episode 5

After the attack on Shardlake, Barak runs to get help from Guy.

Barak gets help when Shardlake’s attacked chasing a killer inspired by a prophecy from the Book of Revelation. Stars Bryan Dick.

London, 1543. A serial killer prowls the city, each death worse than the last - but what links the victims? 

Shardlake has been asked by Archbishop Cranmer to conduct a secret investigation and catch the killer before word of the bloodshed reaches the King: one of the victims was close to Catherine Parr, Henry's current romantic obsession, and an ally of the reformers' cause; Cranmer knows that such a taint will ruin any chance of her becoming Queen. While pursuing a lead, Shardlake has been stabbed by an unknown attacker in a crowded street.

Shardlake must also attend to another pressing case, that of a young man driven mad by the conviction that he is damned and that the Lord has forsaken him. 

Adam Kite is being held in the Bedlam for his own safety - his wild ranting about Hell and damnation verge on heresy - but Shardlake hopes his friend Guy the Apothecary can help ease his suffering.

CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novel stars Justin Salinger as detective Matthew Shardlake.

Shardlake ..... Justin Salinger 
Barak ..... Bryan Dick 
Harsnet ..... Carl Prekopp 
Guy ..... Vincent Ebrahim 
Adam ..... Luke MacGregor 
Cantrell ..... David Seddon 
Lockley ..... Patrick Brennan 
Bunce ..... Clare Perkins 
Meaphon ..... Sean Baker 
Bystander ..... Kirsty Oswald 

Other parts played by the cast.

Dramatised by Colin MacDonald.

Director: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

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