Stephen Graham’s new Netflix crime thriller will see same murder solved four times over 160 years

An ambitious new crime thriller starring Stephen Graham is coming to Netflix, which will see the same murder happening four times over the course of 160 years.

Bodies is about the same murder happening several times during the span of 160 years, with the story based on the novel of the same name, by Si Spencer.

The plot is a uniquely different one and will link four detectives together as they all work towards solving the same murder case spanning 160 years — not one long unsolved case, but the same person being killed four times!

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In 1980s London during the time of Jack the Ripper, detective Edmond Hillinghead stumbles across a murder no one cares to solve but proves to be much bigger than he could have imagined, as he soon finds out he’s in way over his head.

Years later in the 1940s, a dashing adventurer called Charles Whiteman comes across a strikingly similar grisly scene amidst the wreckage of the Blitz in London.

Then in 2014, detective Sahara Hasan encounters an unidentified body and becomes fixated as she’s determined to uncover its rotten secrets.

And then finally in 2050 in a post-apocalyptic world, Maplewood discovers a ritualistic slaying, with something intriguingly identical to those over past decades as he seeks to find answers to the century-long conspiracy.

Stephen Graham will lead the cast portraying Elias Manning, though not much is known about his character, other than he is central to the plot.

Alongside Graham, the rest of the Bodies cast features a talented bunch of familiar faces, including Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (The Queen’s Gambit, See How They Run) as DS Whiteman, and Shira Haas (Unorthodox, Shtisel) as DC Maplewood.

Amaka Okafor (The Responder, Greatest Days) also joins the cast as DS Hasan, while Kyle Soller (The Inheritance, Andor) plays DI Hillinghead.

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It will also star Tom Mothersdale, Michael Jibson, Derek Riddel, Emily Barber and Gabriel Howell – who will play a younger version of Stephen Graham.

The new thriller series is being produced by the same people behind Peaky Blinders, so expect a quality and gritty British crime show.

Bodies was filmed from spring 2022 and throughout the year. An exact release date has not yet been given, but it’s set to land on Netflix at some point this year. Keep your eyes peeled for it!