Overview

• The series debuts on Channel 5 at 9pm on Tuesday 7 October.
• Matthew Lewis leads as Canon Daniel Clement, with Amit Shah as DS Neil Vanloo and Amanda Redman as Daniel’s mother, Audrey.
• The official synopsis confirms Daniel discovers parishioner Anthony Bowness’s body and is drawn into long-buried village secrets.
• Amit Shah says the show is inspired by the novels rather than strictly faithful, with added or altered characters and a darker edge.
• Set in the 1980s, the drama draws on Lewis’s consultations with author Richard Coles to keep Daniel’s character grounded in the source.