| 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 |
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| 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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| Network | Acorn TV Channel 5 |
Murder Before Evensong is a upcoming crime drama television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Coles.
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]
The series was commissioned by Acorn TV and Channel 5 in November 2024. [2] 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. [3]
The cast is led by Matthew Lewis as Canon Daniel Clement, and also includes Amanda Redman, Amit Shah and Adam James, and also includes Marion Bailey, Tamzin Outhwaite, Francis Magee and Nina Toussaint-White. [4]
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 Stephens Park in Stourbridge. [5] [6]