Episode 6
Shardlake has an unexpected and typically unpleasant encounter with his old enemy Sir Richard Rich. Starring Justin Salinger.
Continuing Colin MacDonald’s dramatisation of the Tudor mystery novel by C.J. Sansom.
Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake and his assistant Jack Barak journey to Portsmouth with Sir Nicholas Hobbey and his young ward, Hugh Curteys. Preparations for a naval battle with the French are gathering pace, and Hugh – anxious to enlist in spite of Sir Nicholas’s strong objections – demonstrates his archery skills to Captain Leacon. Meanwhile Shardlake has an unexpected and typically unpleasant encounter with his old enemy Sir Richard Rich.
Matthew Shardlake ..... Justin Salinger
Jack Barak ..... Bryan Dick
Nicholas Hobbey ..... David Seddon
High Curteys ..... Will
Howard Dyrick ..... Philip Bretherton
George Leacon ..... Finn den Hertog
Priddis ..... Clive Hayward
Sir Richard Rich ..... Nicholas Murchie
Phillip West ..... Chris Pavlo
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Writer ..... C.J. Sansom
Dramatist ..... Colin MacDonald
Director ..... David Jackson Young
First broadcast on ±«Óãtv Radio 4 in January 2018.
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