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Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

  • Air date:2015-11-11
  • User score:
    7.9
  • Number of episodes:6
A detective tracks what seems to be a killer with a taste for dismemberment in 1827 London, but the case leads in a far more terrifying direction.

List of Episodes

A World Without God
S1E1
7.3

Air date: 2015-11-11

Runtime: 48 min

The police apprehend a gang of opium smugglers on the banks of the Thames, but as he stands at the water's edge, Inspector John Marlott makes a shocking discovery. The body of a dead child is washed up on the shore, but further examination of the corpse reveals a grotesque state of mutilation. Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel orders Marlott to lead the investigation, while details of the investigation must remain confidential.

Seeing Things
S1E2
7.7

Air date: 2015-11-18

Runtime: 48 min

After his discovery on the banks of the Thames, Inspector Marlott visits the house of artist and printmaker William Blake, who is on his deathbed. Later, Marlott confers with Nightingale, a local policeman who has been keeping watch on The Fortune of War, a public house where body snatchers are known to gather. The pair create a plan to capture a person of interest who may be able to aid them with their investigation.

All the Lost Children
S1E3
7.9

Air date: 2015-11-25

Runtime: 48 min

Having escaped the clutches of Billy Oates, Flora throws herself on Marlott's mercy. Believing her to be a key witness to Alice's disappearance, he brings her to his lodgings for safety. As the investigation continues, Marlott travels to Kentish Town to interrogate Mary Shelley. The connectionbetween her monster and the child corpse cannot be a mere coincidence…

The Fortunes of War
S1E4
7.9

Air date: 2015-12-02

Runtime: 47 min

Marlott takes a terrified Pritty on their assignation to meet the men who kill for money – they find themselves in the tunnels under Smithfield market, which run from the Fortune of War pub to St Bart's Hospital. Flora has returned to Marlott's lodgings, but now she is back Marlott intends to use her as bait for the murderous gang, much against Nightingale's wishes.

The Frankenstein Murders
S1E5
8.2

Air date: 2015-12-09

Runtime: 48 min

Boz publishes a newspaper article about the murders which causes a public outcry and infuriates Peel on the eve of the Anatomy Act. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, follows her own line of enquiry into the medical practice of Sir William Chester, uncovering secrets from the past. Marlott decides to go back to Greenwich where it all began - is there something he is missing?

Lost and Found
S1E6
8.2

Air date: 2015-12-16

Runtime: 48 min

Marlott finally pieces together the movements at the hospital, but the number of suspects continue to plague his mind. Robert Peel meets with William Chester. Marlott gets authorization to use a pistol.

Top Cast

Sean Bean

Sean Bean

John Marlott

Richie Campbell

Richie Campbell

Joseph Nightingale

Ed Stoppard

Ed Stoppard

Lord Daniel Hervey

Anna Maxwell Martin

Anna Maxwell Martin

Mary Shelley

Samuel West

Samuel West

Sir William Chester

Eloise Smyth

Eloise Smyth

Flora

Kate Dickie

Kate Dickie

Mrs Bishop

Tom Ward

Tom Ward

Sir Robert Peel

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Lady Jemima Hervey

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