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About British television drama series
Genres thriller, period drama, drama
Created by Tom Hardy, Steven Knight, Chips Hardy
Written by Steven Knight
Starring Tom Hardy, Franka Potente, Jessie Buckley, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Castilla Chaplin, Tom Hollander, Stephen Graham, Edward Fox
Music Max Richter
Length 1 seasons, 8 episodes, 57 min each
Network BBC One, FX
Country United Kingdom
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