| Murder Before Evensong | |
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Based on | Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles |
| Screenplay by | Nick Hicks-Beach |
| Directed by | David Moore |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Acorn TV Channel 5 |
| Release | 29 September 2025 – present |
Murder Before Evensong is a British crime drama television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Coles. The series premiered on Acorn TV in the US and Canada on 29 September 2025 and began showing on Channel 5 in the UK on 7 October 2025.
Old secrets risk getting flushed out of a sleepy village with the church at its centre as a long-suffering priest investigates a murder spree. [1]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" [2] | David Moore | Nick Hicks-Beach | 29 September 2025 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" [3] | David Moore | Nick Hicks-Beach | 6 October 2025 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | David Moore | Nick Hicks-Beach | 13 October 2025 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | David Moore | Nick Hicks-Beach | 20 October 2025 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | David Moore | Nick Hicks-Beach | 27 October 2025 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | David Moore | TBA | TBA |
The series was commissioned by Acorn TV and Channel 5 in November 2024. [4] The series is produced by The Lighthouse, with Nick Hicks-Beach adapting the 2022 book of the same name by Richard Coles, and David Moore as director. Coles is an executive producer alongside Radford Neville, Catherine Mackin, Don Klees, and Paul Testar. [5]
The cast is led by Matthew Lewis as Canon Daniel Clement, and also includes Amanda Redman, Amit Shah, Adam James, Marion Bailey, Tamzin Outhwaite, Francis Magee and Nina Toussaint-White. [6]
Both Redman and Outhwaite had previously appeared in the BBC crime drama New Tricks , portraying Detective Superintendent (Det Supt) Sandra Pullman and Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Sasha Miller respectively.
Filming began in February 2025 in the West Midlands, England and was scheduled for 13 weeks. Filming locations included Mary Stevens Park in Stourbridge; Chillington Hall in South Staffordshire; [7] [8] Bridgnorth, Shropshire; the former Express and Star newspaper offices in Wolverhampton, [9] and the recently closed Sandwell General Hospital
The series was released on Acorn TV in the US and Canada from 29 September 2025 [10] and broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 from 7 October 2025. [11]