Upcoming Sky Original thriller Inheritance has wrapped its UK leg of production at The Bottle Yard Studios.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Surface, Loki), Jonny Lee Miller (Covenant, The Crown), Sheldon Shepherd (Better Must Come, Bob Marley: One Love) and Bel Powley (A Small Light, The Morning Show) star in the provocative five-part series, which has been filming since December at The Bottle Yard’s premium TBY2 facility and on location in Bristol supported by the city’s Film Office. Production is now continuing in Jamaica.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (image credit: Michael Wharley), Johnny Lee Miller, Sheldon Sheperd, Bel Powley
Set in Bristol, UK, and Jamaica, Inheritance is created by acclaimed writer and actor Karla Crome (Am I Being Unreasonable, Carnival Row) and directed by Storm Saulter (Better Mus’ Come, Sprinter). It is produced by Snowed-In Productions in association with Sky Studios.
Claudia (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), an ambitious young bi-racial lawyer, embarks on a journey to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim filed by an unknown local resident, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee-Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat.
Her quest takes an unexpected turn when the contested estate reveals the ominous house that has haunted her nightmares: the Connaught family’s Jamaican plantation, Hope Hill. As Claudia and Oliver investigate, they uncover a chilling connection between historical horrors and present-day injustices.
Inheritance is an ambitious genre-bending series that boldly confronts the enduring legacy of colonialism, marrying shadowy intrigue with the pulsating energy of the Caribbean.
Other cast includes Nadean Rawlins (Bob Marley: One Love, Sprinter) as Mercy, Sean Gilder (Mary & George, Slow Horses) as Tom McKenzie, Olunike Adeliyi (The Fire Inside, Mike) as Patsy Dawkins, Richard Dillane (Wolf Hall, The Crown) as Eugene Desfrienes, Diveen Henry (The Day of the Jackal, Manhunt) as Flora, Jack Bandeira (Happy Valley, Black Mirror) as Kenneth Connaught and Shantol Jackson (Death in Paradise, Yardie) as Sarah.
Inheritance is produced by Snowed-In in association with Sky Studios. Written and created by Karla Crome, the series is based on an original idea by Jefferson Bannis and directed by Storm Saulter. Executive Producers are Ruth Kenley-Letts, Jenny van der Lande, Neil Blair, Karla Crome, Storm Saulter, Sam Hoyle, Serena Thompson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jonny Lee Miller. The Development Producer is Roxanne Harvey and the Series Producer is Kate Ogborn.
The series will be available on Sky in the UK and Ireland.