Acorn TV today revealed the official trailer for the highly anticipated murder mystery series, Murder Before Evensong, starring Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small). The series will premiere on Monday, September 29 exclusively on Acorn TV in the US and Canada. It will be available to watch and stream on 5 in the UK this fall.
Murder Before Evensong is based on the first novel in the best-selling series, the Canon Clement Mysteries, by British author the Reverend Richard Coles. Set in 1980s England, “Lewis stars as Canon Daniel Clement, the Rector of Champton, who finds himself unexpectedly entangled in a murder case when a dead body turns up in the church. Daniel shares Champton rectory with his widowed mother Audrey (Amanda Redman, New Tricks, The Good Karma Hospital) – and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When Daniel announces a plan to modernize the church, the parish is suddenly divided. And then a body is found dead at the back of the church. As the police move in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his fractured community together… and catch a killer. ”
The cast also includes Amit Shah (Happy Valley, The Hundred-Foot Journey) as DS Neil Vanloo, Adam James (The Day of the Jackal, The Buccaneers) as Bernard De Floures, Meghan Treadway (The Outlaws, One Day) as Honor De Floures, Alexander Delamain as Alex De Floures, Marion Bailey (All the Light We Cannot See, The Crown) as Kath, Amanda Hadingue (Kaos) as Dora, Tamzin Outhwaite (EastEnders, The Wives) as Stella Harper, Francis Magee (The Tourist, Kin) as Edgy, and Nina Toussaint-White (Showtrial, The Feed) as Jane Thwaite.
Watch the official trailer below.
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