Shardlake Revelation (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): Revelation: Episode 1

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Lawyer detective Shardlake and his assistant hunt a killer on the streets of Tudor London.

1543: The lawyer detective is on the hunt for a ruthless killer on the streets of Tudor London. Starring Justin Salinger.

London, 1543, the freezing cold spring is marked by turmoil and darkness. The city's streets are filled with preachers. Radical religion has spilled over into dangerous fundamentalism as young men are maddened by differing interpretations of the Bible. Where the monasteries once acted as gatekeepers to God, the Lord now seems to be very close at hand. Strange signs and portents are observed that suggest the end times are near.

As King Henry VIII slips back towards the old religion, the reactionaries are fighting back: radicals are being arrested, heretics threatened with burning and everyone is looking over their shoulder, including Archbishop Cranmer. Into this unsettled landscape comes a murderer who appears to be killing for pleasure. Worse still, his first victim was someone close to Catherine Parr - the King's latest romantic obsession. Their marriage would serve the Reformist cause well and, to protect her chances of becoming Queen, Cranmer wants news of the killer kept from the superstitious King.

And so he calls upon lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake to conduct a secret investigation. Once again, Shardlake and his loyal assistant Barak must descend into the murky depths of Tudor society to try to stop the murderer before they strike again.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.

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

Other parts are played by members of the cast.

Writer ..... C. J. Sansom
Dramatist ..... Colin MacDonald

Director: Kirsteen Cameron

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

Shardlake (Omnibus): Revelation

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