Chernobyl’s Jared Harris leads the cast of exclusive BritBox thriller The Beast Must Die. Find out about the release date, trailer, cast and filming locations.
Last modified on Fri 28 May 2021 08.59 EDT
I love a drama premise you can really get behind. The Beast Must Die (BritBox) follows the hunt by bereaved mother Frances (Cush Jumbo) for the driver of the vehicle that killed her six-year-old son in a hit-and-run on the Isle of Wight three months earlier. Partly because the police have failed to find the culprit and partly so that when she does, she can kill him. As she points out, if the boy had been killed by someone with his own hands instead of with his car, there would be a national outcry, and no one would rest until the beast was caught.
The Beast Must Die: Isle of Wight-filmed series begins streaming this week
The five-part series that was filmed on the Isle of Wight last year will begin streaming on BritBox later this week
The first two episodes will be released on 27th May to be streamed via Britbox. The following three episodes will be released weekly on Thursdays. There are five episodes in total.
Revenge thriller filmed on the Island
The five-part thriller series, written by Gaby Chiappe, stars Jared Harris (The Crown), Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife), Billy Howle (Witness for the Protection) and Nathaniel Parker (Vanity Fair).
The revenge thriller tells the story of a mother who sets out to avenge her young son’s death, while a detective tries to unpick the web of tragedy and steer a course to justice.