Murder Before Evensong First Look From Acorn TV
Acorn TV, AMC Networks’ popular streaming service showcasing the best in international murder mysteries and crime dramas, has released the captivating trailer and photos for the murder mystery series, Murder Before Evensong.
Starring Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small), the riveting series will premiere on Monday, September 29, exclusively on Acorn TV in the US and Canada.
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, and is 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) – 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 consists of Amit Shah (Happy Valley) as DS Neil Vanloo, Adam James (The Day of the Jackal) as Bernard De Floures, Meghan Treadway (One Day) as Honor De Floures, Alexander Delamain as Alex De Floures, Marion Bailey (The Crown) as Kath, Amanda Hadingue (Kaos) as Dora, Tamzin Outhwaite (The Wives) as Stella Harper, Francis Magee (Kin) as Edgy, and Nina Toussaint-White (Showtrial) as Jane Thwaite.
Murder Before Evensong will be available to watch and stream in the UK on 5 this fall. The series is adapted by Nick Hicks-Beach (Lewis, DCI Banks, Midsomer Murders) and directed by David Moore (Fool Me Once, Outlander, Shetland, Marple).
The executive producers include the Reverend Richard Coles, Radford Neville for The Lighthouse Film and Television, Catherine Mackin and Don Klees for Acorn TV/Acorn Media Enterprises, and Paul Testar, Commissioning Editor, Drama, and Sebastian Cardwell for 5, which co-produces the series.
