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.
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But this clip teases a separate storyline, involving Nigel Strangeways (Billy Howle) a former city police detective who has recently arrived on the island, after leaving his previous job behind due to a traumatic incident.
During the clip we hear him explaining that life on the Isle of Wight is like “going back in time.”
Cruella
Cruella de Vil – there’s a clue in the name. This is the origin story of the fur-loving, puppy-slaughtering villain from British novelist Dodie Smith’s The Hundred And One Dalmatians, which has been adapted for the screen several times.
Emma Stone (above) is Estella, an aspiring young fashion designer in punkish 1970s London before she becomes such a cruel devil. The film also stars Emma Thompson and Mark Strong
Emma Stone is Estella, an aspiring young fashion designer in punkish 1970s London before she becomes such a cruel devil. The film also stars Emma Thompson and Mark Strong and is directed by Craig Gillespie, who directed the great I, Tonya. Disney+, from Friday
First trailer for Britbox thriller The Beast Must Die sees grieving mum seek revenge on hit-and-run killer
Updated: Apr 20 2021, 9:48 ET
BRITBOX has released the first trailer for its gripping thriller The Beast Must Die starring Cush Jumbo.
The tense drama follows a grieving mother as she seeks revenge on a hit-and-run killer.
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Cush Jumbo stars as a grieving mother in The Beast Must Die
The short, one-minute trailer gives viewers just a taste of what to expect from a cast which includes Billy Howle (The Serpent), Jared Harris (Chernobyl) and Geraldine James (Back to Life).
It opens up with scenes of creepy swimming pools, fast cars, fiery stand-offs and police chases.
Published: Tue 20 Apr 2021
Video of The Beast Must Die Official Trailer | BritBox Original
The Beast Must Die - new trailer
Any use of the trailer or any information in the press release must credit: The Beast Must Die premieres 27
th May on BritBox
London, April 20th: BritBox UK today released a trailer for the service’s first scripted original drama
The Beast Must Die. The first two episodes of the five-part revenge thriller will be available on the streamer from 27th May, with a further three episodes launching weekly on Thursdays.
The Beast Must Die is a gripping contemporary revenge thriller set on the Isle of Wight. Following the hit and run of a six-year-old boy, his mother (Cush Jumbo OBE,