Stephen Woolfenden

Stephen Tompkinson returns as the tenacious and stubborn Detective Alan Banks in three more chilling crime stories. As this series opens, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks must learn to work with dramatic changes to his team. Detective Annie Cabbot is off on maternity leave soon to be replaced by the impossible-to-read Helen Morton.

This spectacular drama reimagines one of literature's most enduring heroes, the great warrior BEOWULF. Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating and fantastical characters, this epic drama follows Beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as hero, challenging the notions of good and evil, heroes and villains, and the rule of law against one's moral code. Featuring Kieran Bew, William Hurt, Ed Spee.

The battle of all battles falls upon the peoples of Herot. Weapons forged, loyal and armed, men, women and children brace themselves to wage a brutal attack with BEOWULF helming their defence.

Rheda returns to Herot alone, with news of familial betrayal and that the fearsome Wulfing army are coming for them all. Now desperate, she sends word, calling for the help of the other tribes in the Alliance.

BEOWULF gets to work re-building the town's defences - a need that becomes even greater when iron-miner Greff, is attacked by one of the most dangerous Mudborn creatures known to humans - a Troll. Usually able to keep these deadly creatures at bay, such an unprovoked attack spells unquantifiable danger for the people of the Shieldlands and must therefore be investigated immediately by BEOWULF.

The day of the Gathering. The fate of the Shieldlands lies moments away, but having lost some of her closest allies, Rheda's chances of becoming leader of these great realms and thus preventing civil war looks bleak and her worries escalate. With the odds against her, Rheda knows that if she loses, she must fight to the death.

Our group continue their perilous journey to Mere to bolster the new treaty, but now without Roth to guide them, the dangers they face look far from over. As they tackle various assaults the group's situation goes from bad to desperate. For Elvina, this is a return to her homelands; she recalls her mother's old tales of Mere as she guides them past the rivers and dunes towards the hidden tribe.

With danger lurking in every corner threatening the Shieldlands, Herot's Huskarla patrol the forests looking for signs of the enemy. With the danger well known, Elvina's decision to furtively enter the forests, without a guard, stirs a concerned BEOWULF, who downs tools from fortifications and goes after her.