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The Living and the Dead

The Living and the Dead

Description: Colin Morgan plays the lead in this drama series as Nathan Appleby, a Victorian psychologist, while Charlotte Spencer stars as his young wife, Charlotte Appleby. Set in Somerset, England, in the year 1894, the story follows the couple as they stand to inherit the family estate when Nathan's mother passes away. They decide to move into the old house and begin a new life together on the farm, but not everything is as it seems. Isolated in the English countryside, the pair encounters some menacing paranormal phenomena that threaten to tear their marriage apart.
Genre: Drama
Year Released: 2016
Number of episodes: 6
First episode air date: June 28, 2016
Production Locations: Gloucestershire, England
Networks: BBC One, BBC America
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