Produced by the UK arm of Scott Free, which is run by Ed Rubin, the show is the latest British series from Ridley Scott’s firm, having recently produced Steven Knight’s Tom Hardy-fronted Taboo for BBC One and FX, and lined up Knight’s Charles Dickens adaptation of A Christmas Carol for December 2019. The series could turn into a long-running franchise for the BBC as Blake/Day Lewis wrote 15 books featuring the detective. It is being set up as a series, likely to be five or six episodes, and is set to be exec produced by Nathaniel Parker, the actor known the lead role in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. The website's critical consensus reads, 'Cush Jumbo and Jared Harris make for thrilling combatants in The Beast Must Die, a coiled potboiler that excels with deft performances and rich atmosphere.' On Metacritic, it has a score of 73 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating 'Generally favorable'.British Broadcasters Plot Low-Budget Drama Drive As Battle With Global SVODs Rumbles Onĭeadline understands that the BBC adaptation is being written by Gaby Chiappe, who wrote Gemma Arterton feature film Their Finest and has written on a number of British crime dramas including ITV’s The Level and Vera as well as BBC’s Shetland.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 85% based on 20 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.48/10.

The Beast Must Die has received positive reviews from critics. It aired on AMC+ on July 5, 2021, and on AMC on July 12, 2021. The miniseries premiered on May 27, 2021, on BritBox. When she finally tracks him down, she tricks her way into his house and plots his murder from within.Ĭast and characters Main

Premise įollowing the death of her son in a hit and run, all Frances Cairnes wants is to hunt down and kill the man she believes is responsible. She takes matters into her own hands by posing as a novelist to ingratiate herself into the family of the man whom she believed to be responsible for her son's death. It centers on a mother's grief for her son who was killed in car accident. The Beast Must Die is a 2021 British thriller television series based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Blake, adapted for television by Gaby Chiappe.

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