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Happy Valley Legend Sarah Lancashire Set to Lead 'Utterly Compelling' Drama
Sarah Lancashire plays a woman released after 30 years in prison as police seek a killer in a university town.
- Netflix announced actress Sarah Lancashire will star in Witch Hunt, a new thriller written by The Split creator Abi Morgan, marking her latest collaboration with the streaming platform.
- After thirty years in prison for drowning her three daughters, August Howell returns to a community that does not want her back, sparking a modern-day witch hunt.
- Produced by SISTER Pictures and executive producer Jane Featherstone, the Cambridge-set thriller requires police to recruit August's surviving daughter, Professor Wren Howell, an investigative psychologist, to help find a killer.
- Lancashire, a three-time BAFTA Television Award winner known for Happy Valley, also stars in Netflix's espionage drama Black Doves and previously worked with Morgan over 25 years ago.
- Social media reaction has been positive, with one viewer remarking, "I'd watch Sarah Lancashire recite the dictionary; she's just brilliant," highlighting enthusiasm for the casting announcement.
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Happy Valley icon Sarah Lancashire confirmed for "uttterly compelling" witch drama on Netflix
Netflix has announced a brand-new series starring Sarah Lancashire, the actress best-known for stunning audiences with her portrayal of Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley.Lancashire, who also stars in Netflix's Black Doves, will lead the cast of Witch Hunt, a new series from the creator of The Split, Abi Morgan.The synopsis for Witch Hunt says: "When August Howell, a descendent of the 'Witch of Cambridge' is released after three decades in prison …
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