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Wolf Hall, Black Mirror and Happy Valley stars sign up for gritty new limited Sky thriller Inheritance

A JAMAICAN plantation has a chilling connection between history and the present-day

WOLF Hall, Black Mirror and Happy Valley stars have all signed up for gritty new Limited Sky thriller Inheritance.

Inheritance by Storm Saulter, written by Karla Crome and stars Loki's Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Trainspotting's Jonny Lee Miller, Bob Marley One Love's Sheldon Shepherd and A Royal Night Out's Bel Powley.

Loki's Gugu Mbantha Raw stars as a lawyer who fights an inheritance claim in Jamaica
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Loki's Gugu Mbantha Raw stars as a lawyer who fights an inheritance claim in JamaicaCredit: BBC
Jonny Lee Millar is a wealthy white aristocrat who owns a plantation
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Jonny Lee Millar is a wealthy white aristocrat who owns a plantationCredit: Alamy
Bel Powley is also starring in this new Limited Sky Drama set in Jamaica
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Bel Powley is also starring in this new Limited Sky Drama set in JamaicaCredit: AP

It also features Wolf Hall's Richard Dillane and Happy Valley and Black Mirror's Jack Bandeira.

Set in Bristol, UK and Jamaica, the story follows a mixed-race lawyer investigating an inheritance claim on the Caribbean island.

Gugu plays Claudia, who travels to Jamaica as Cudjoe East, played by Sheldon who has filed a claim against a rich white gentleman called Oliver Connaught, played by Jonny.

But when she gets to the Connaught family’s Jamaican plantation, she discovers that Hope Hill feels a chilling connection between history and the present day.

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Other familiar faces including Bob Marley: One Love's Nadean Rawlins plays Mercy, Day of the Jackal's Diveen Henry plays Flora and Death In Paradise's Shantol Jackson stars as Sarah.

There's also Slow Horses star Sean Gilder as Tom McKenzie and The Fire Inside Me's Olunike Adeliyi as Patsy Dawkins.

“I feel humbled to be working with such a brilliant team both here and in Jamaica, said Karla Crome, writer and creator.

"It is a privilege to see Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jonny Lee Miller, Sheldon Shepherd and Bel Powley bringing my characters to life under Storm Saulter’s evocative direction.

" I can’t wait to share our work with audiences.”

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Meanwhile, Ruth Kenley-Letts, Executive Producer and CEO of Snowed-In Productions, and Jenny van der Lande, Executive Producer, issued a joint statement.

They said: “Karla’s an extraordinary talent who has unleashed her wild imagination to create thrillingly unpredictable and original scripts.

"We are so lucky to be working with her and are grateful for Sky’s commitment and support in bringing this to the screen.”

Meghan Lyvers, Executive Director of Original Scripted, Sky UK and Ireland, said: “We are proud to support Karla Crome and the Snowed In team in bringing this bold, original, and provocative story to the screen.

"With production beginning shortly, we’re thrilled to embark on this journey with an extraordinary creative team and this stellar cast.”

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