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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesRowling's own shop
The show comes from Brontë Film and Television with the BBC. J.K. Rowling, who writes the books as Robert Galbraith, is an executive producer.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe opening song
The opening theme is "I Walk Beside You", sung by Beth Rowley. Adrian Johnston scores the show.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesIn the US, it's C.B. Strike
Outside the UK the show goes by C.B. Strike. It premiered on Cinemax in the US on June 1, 2018, almost a year after the BBC run.
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- Behind the scenesTom Edge takes over
Ben Richards adapted only S1. From S2 on, Tom Edge wrote every adaptation.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesShot in one go
The first three stories were filmed together: seven hour-long episodes, with shooting from November 2016. S2 premiered a week after S1 ended.
source ↗ - ReferenceBombyx Mori
Owen Quine's manuscript is called Bombyx Mori, the scientific name for the silkworm. Hence the season's title.
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- Behind the scenesDirected by Charles Sturridge
S3 is directed by Charles Sturridge, who also made the classic 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited.
source ↗ - ReferenceA rock title
Career of Evil is a Blue Öyster Cult song. The band ties the case to the story of Strike's mother.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe last short season
A 500-page novel in just two episodes. It was the last short season: from S4 on, each book got four hours.
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- Behind the scenesSue Tully behind the camera
From S4 on, Sue Tully directs. She was first known as an actress on EastEnders.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTwo and a half years
S3 ended in March 2018 and S4 didn't arrive until August 2020. It was the first season with four episodes.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom Cinemax to HBO
In the US, the first three seasons aired on Cinemax. From S4 on, the show moved to HBO.
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- Behind the scenesAll at once on iPlayer
On BBC One, the four episodes aired on December 11, 12, 18 and 19, 2022. On iPlayer, the whole season dropped on the first night.
source ↗ - CameoMargot gets a face
Abigail Lawrie plays Margot Bamborough, the missing doctor. Sophie Ward is Anna, the daughter who hires Strike.
source ↗ - CameoVeteran cast
The season adds Linda Bassett, Cherie Lunghi, Robin Askwith and Kenneth Cranham, longtime faces of British TV.
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- Behind the scenesChristmas again
Like S5, S6 aired in Christmas week: December 16 to 24, 2024, on BBC One.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA month later in the US
HBO started airing the season on January 23, 2025.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe longest book
The Ink Black Heart runs 1,024 pages, the longest in the series, and still got the same four episodes as the two seasons before it.
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