
In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was snatched from his bed at night and murdered.
Cast

Paddy Considine
Inspector Whicher

Peter Capaldi
Samuel Kent

Tom Georgeson
Superintendent Foley

William Beck
Dolly Williamson

Emma Fielding
Mary Kent

Tim Pigott-Smith
Commissioner Mayne

Kate O'Flynn
Elizabeth Gough

Donald Sumpter
Peter Edlin QC

Ben Miles
Dr. Stapleton

Alexandra Roach
Constance Kent

Jay Simpson
George Redman
Peter Gordon
Holcombe

Charlie Hiett
William Kent

Sarah Ridgeway
Sarah Cox

Ben Crompton
William Nutt

Ruairi Conaghan
Benger
Crew

James Hawes
Director

Neil McKay
Writer

Kate Summerscale
Novel
Richard Cox
Editor
Matt Gray
Director of Photography
Neil McKay
Executive Producer
Mark Redhead
Executive Producer
Nigel Marchant
Producer
David Roger
Production Design

Kate Rhodes James
Casting
Lucinda Wright
Costume Design
Vicky Fields
Makeup Artist
Liberty Haynes
Makeup Artist
Lisa Cavalli-Green
Makeup Artist
Andrew Sissons
Sound Mixer
Rob Lane
Original Music Composer
Jo Kornstein
Set Decoration
Kate Evenden
Art Direction



















