The year is 1536 when Matthew Shardlake, a brilliant lawyer with an acute sense of justice, finds his life turned upside down after Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's right-hand man, sends him to the remote monastery of Scarnsea to investigate a murder - to Shardlake's irritation, he is to be accompanied by Cromwell's handsome and arrogant adjutant John Barak.

Episode 1

Drama

Period Drama

Compelling whodunnit series based on internationally popular Tudor murder mystery novels by CJ Sansom. The year is 1536 when Matthew Shardlake, a brilliant lawyer with an acute sense of justice, finds his life turned upside down after Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's right-hand man, sends him to the remote monastery of Scarnsea to investigate a murder.

Shardlake

Series 1

Compelling whodunnit series. A 16th-century lawyer is sent to investigate a murder.

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Shardlake's investigation intensifies as suspicion arises amongst the monks, and Barak is frustrated while following the trail of the monastery's accounts as he believes that there may be a cover-up.

Episode 2

Something does not add up when Goodhap is discovered missing, and Shardlake refuses to compromise the truth when Barak is agitated by the slow pace of the investigation and moves to hurry it along.

Episode 3

When Cromwell is furious with Shardlake's lack of results, the right-hand man to Henry VIII gives the lawyer a terrifying ultimatum - shocked after uncovering the history behind the murder weapon and the true owner of the sword, Shardlake faces a stark choice at the end of his investigation.