SEE MATTHEW MACFADYEN, MICHAEL SHANNON IN FIRST TRAILER FOR NETFLIX' DEATH BY LIGHTNING PERIOD SET THRILLER TV SERIES

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TRAILER FOR NETFLIX NEW TV SERIES

Netflix has finally released a trailer for their new historical thriller mini TV series DEATH BYLIGHTNING which will arrive November 6th with Matthew MacFadyen and Michael Shannon leading the cast as American president James Garfield and his killer Charles Guiteau!

BASED ON THE NOVEL

Destiny Of The Republic by Candice Millard, the series follows Garfield  who was President in 1881 and was assassinated later that year, having previously served nine terms as a Congressman. He was elected as a Senator but declined this when he became President, despite having not sought the office. He was shot by Guiteau, who felt he had played a major role in Garfield’s election. Nick Offerman as vice president Chester Arthur, Betty Gilpin as the first lady Crete Garfield, Tuppence Middleton, Ben Miles, Kyle Soller will also appear in the cast of this period set series which arrives to the streamer next month.

 

NEW MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE SHOWS TO WATCH THIS AUTUMN: MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, LYNLEY, MAIGRET, DEATH BY LIGHTNING, THE RUMOUR

 MYSTERY DETECTIVE SHOWS 

MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG

A review of new mystery and detective series coming to the small screens this Autumn, starting with MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG in which Matthew Lewis plays Canon Daniel Clement, a rector, who finds himself entangled in a murder investigation after a cousin of the church's patron is discovered with a fatal stab wound inflicted by secateurs, leading him to unravel the mystery. The six episode series will hit Acorn TV September 29th after it premieres in UK on Channel 5. See trailer here. 

 

  LYNLEY WITH LEO SUTER

Already launched earlier this week over on BritBox is a new four episode remake of LYNLEY detective series in which our lovely Leo Suter plays DI Thomas Lynley who together with DS Barbara Havers forms an unlikely police detective duo. Their contrasting backgrounds create tension, but they unite to solve crimes, navigating class and gender issues. Tom Forbes and Daniel Mays also star in the series out from September 4th and you can see the trailer here.

 

NEW MAIGRET FROM PBS MASTERPIECE

Launching a bit later on, October 5th over at PBS Masterpiece is MAIGRET in which gorgeous Benjamin Wainwright plays Chief Inspector Maigret a rising star in the Paris Police Judiciaire, relentless in his investigations, with an uncanny ability to get under the skin of the criminals he is chasing and a matchless knowledge of Paris. See trailer here.

 

 DEATH BY LIGHTNING OVER AT NETFLIX

Netflix is bringing us Matthew MacFadyen in their period set investigation series DEATH BY LIGHTNING which arrives November 6th also starring Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman. This period set four episode drama dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him. I will post the trailer when it is released.

 

 

THE RUMOUR FROM CHANNEL 5

British Channel 5 is ready to launch small town mystery thriller THE RUMOUR with Rachel Shenton from September 10th! She plays a mother who moves to a small town and gets entangled with a group of mothers. She exploits a rumor of a child predator living nearby, fueling gossip and heightening tensions while trying to safeguard her son amidst rising mistrust. See trailer here.

SEE MATTHEW MACFADYEN, MICHAEL SHANNON IN FIRST IMAGES FROM NETFLIX' DEATH BY LIGHTNING PERIOD SET THRILLER TV SERIES

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FIRST IMAGES FROM NETFLIX TV SERIES

Netflix has announced a very dull 2025 movie and series offer this week, and among them is new historical thriller mini TV series DEATH BY LIGHTNING which we first announced back in February last year when it was revealed that Matthew MacFadyen and Michael Shannon will lead the cast playing American president James Garfield and his killer Charles Guiteau, and now we have the first images from it.

BASED ON THE NOVEL

Destiny Of The Republic by Candice Millard, the series follows Garfield  who was President in 1881 and was assassinated later that year, having previously served nine terms as a Congressman. He was elected as a Senator but declined this when he became President, despite having not sought the office. He was shot by Guiteau, who felt he had played a major role in Garfield’s election. Nick Offerman as vice president Chester Arthur, Betty Gilpin as the first lady Crete Garfield, Tuppence Middleton, Ben Miles, Kyle Soller will also appear in the cast of this period set series which should arrived to the streamer later this year.

MATTHEW MACFADYEN AND MICHAEL SHANNON TO LEAD 19TH CENTURY NETFLIX SERIES DEATH BY LIGHTNING

 MATTHEW MACFADYEN TO LEAD 

DEATH BY LIGHTNING NETFLIX SERIES

Netflix has announced that Vikings: Valhalla (with final season), Hundred Years of Solitude (with first season) and The Empress (with second season) will be arriving later this year, but that is not all from the historical front as they have also announced Michael Shannon as assassinated President Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen as his killer Charles Guiteau in a new series DEATH BY LIGHTNING. Garfield was President in 1881 and was assassinated later that year, having previously served nine terms as a Congressman. He was elected as a Senator but declined this when he became President, despite having not sought the office. He was shot by Guiteau, who felt he had played a major role in Garfield’s election.