BBC announced production and broadcast dates for the adaptation of the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's crime novel series, Lethal Strike, which will be out sometime in 2020.
The four-part series called
Strike: Lethal White, will bring back stars Tom Burke (Cormoran Strike) and Holliday Grainger (Robin Ellacott) along with Nick Blood and Robert Glenister. Filming is already underway in the UK. BBC will broadcast the series in the UK while Cinemax will air the show in the U.S. and Canada.
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Tom Burke (Cormoran Strike) and Holliday Grainger (Robin Ellacott) are returning for Strike: Lethal White, the fourth story from the major new TV series for BBC One.
Strike: Lethal White (4x60') is the fourth instalment in the series and will air in 2020.
n the grips of psychosis, a young man named Billy Knight (Joseph Quinn) arrives in private detective Cormoran Strike’s (Tom Burke) office telling the story of a child he saw strangled many years ago. Strike is simultaneously hired by government minister Jasper Chiswell (Robert Glenister) to investigate Billy’s brother, Jimmy Knight (Nick Blood), who is blackmailing him. As Strike and his partner Robin work to determine how the cases might be connected, Robin goes undercover in the House of Commons.
However, Robin’s private life is unravelling as her relationship with Matthew (Kerr Logan) feels the full strain of her commitment to Strike and her work. At the same time, Strike has his own issues, a girlfriend who confesses she loves him and his complicated ex Charlotte (Natasha O’Keeffe) who is pregnant and back in the frame.
J.K. Rowling (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Strike, The Casual Vacancy), Neil Blair (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Mrs Wilson, Strike), Ruth Kenley-Letts (Mrs Wilson, Strike, The Casual Vacancy) and Tommy Bulfin (for the BBC) executive produce based on a script by Tom Edge (Judy, Lovesick) who also wrote The Silkworm and Career Of Evil. Jackie Larkin (Mrs Wilson, Stella Days) will produce.
Cinemax has US and Canadian rights to the show.