The Living and the Dead
“What lies beneath should be left beneath.”
2016•TV-14•1 Seasons•6 Episodes•6.7•Ended
Drama
Somerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another. Are these strange events linked merely by coincidence, or is there something more sinister - more supernatural - going on at Shepzoy?
Creator
Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham
Network
BBC One, BBC America
Origin
GB
Cast
Colin Morgan
Nathan Appleby
Charlotte Spencer
Charlotte Appleby
David Oakes
William Payne
Chloe Pirrie
Lara
Pooky Quesnel
Agnes
Robert Emms
Peter
Joel Gillman
Jack
Sarah Counsell
Lizzie Merrifield
Malcolm Storry
Gideon
Harry Peacock
Smith
Isaac Andrews
Charlie
Nicholas Woodeson
Reverend Matthew Denning
Kerrie Hayes
Gwen Pearce
Tallulah Haddon
Harriet Denning
Marianne Oldham
Mary Denning
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