Sky has released first look photos from the upcoming Welsh crime drama series, Under Salt Marsh, set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen and filmed in Wales.
Starring Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone, Pride & Prejudice) and Rafe Spall (Trying, Life of Pi), Under Salt Marsh is created, written and directed by Claire Oakley (Culprits, Make Up) and will premiere on Sky and NOW in 2026.
The supporting cast includes Naomi Yang (Protection, Chimerica), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, The Crown), Dinita Gohil (The Sandman, Treason), Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters, Logan Lucky), Kimberley Nixon (Queenie, Fresh Meat), Harry Lawtey (The Pale Blue Eye, Industry), Dino Fetscher (Foundation, Fool Me Once), Mark Stanley (A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, Run), Rhodri Meilir (Hidden, Pride), and Julian Lewis Jones (Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Stella).
The synopsis for Under Salt Marsh reads, “The six-part series opens as a once-in-a-generation storm rolls in from the sea. Former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis (Reilly) makes a shocking discovery that reopens the wounds of a three-year-old cold case which cost her both her career and her family’s trust. Forced to reunite with her estranged police partner Eric Bull (Spall), Jackie is drawn back into an investigation that will shake Morfa Halen to its core. Together, they must confront a community haunted by secrets and fractured by grief, before the incoming storm washes away the evidence forever.”
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