The story of Lady Cornelia Locke will be the heart of The Englishman.
Emily Blunt has inherited the role of an English aristocrat in The English, who teams up with Eli Whipp (Chusk Spencer), a former Pawnee cavalry scout, in 1890s Central America to traverse a brutal landscape built on rock, dreams and blood. Both have a clear idea of their destiny, but neither of them is aware that it is connected with a common past. They have to face ever more terrifying obstacles that will test them to the limit, physically and psychologically. But each obstacle they overcome brings them closer to their ultimate goal – the new city of Hoxham, Wyoming. It is here, after an investigation by local sheriff Robert Marshall (Stephen Rea) and young widow Martha Myers (Valerie Pachner) of a series of bizarre and gruesome unsolved murders,
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Written and directed by Hugo Blick and produced in association with All3Media International and Wolf Gait Productions, a joint venture between Drama Republic and Blick’s Eight Rooks, The English TV series draws on themes of identity and revenge to tell a captivating and unique parable of race, love and power.
The first season, consisting of ten episodes, will begin on November 10 on the BBC and then the following day on Amazon Prime Video.