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Everything to know on new ITV series Shardlake starring Arthur Hughes
- The four-part historical drama Shardlake, starring Arthur Hughes and Sean Bean, began airing on ITV1 on June 9, 2025.
- Disney Plus originally released Shardlake in 2024 but confirmed in January 2025 that it would not produce a second season, likely due to low viewership.
- The series adapts CJ Sansom's novels set in 16th-century England during King Henry VIII's reign, following lawyer Matthew Shardlake investigating a murder tied to monastery closures by Thomas Cromwell.
- Shardlake scored an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and received praise for its casting, faithful adaptation, and engaging plot, though fans expressed disappointment over its cancellation.
- The cancellation implies no immediate continuation with the current cast or adaptation of the next book, Dark Fire, but the series remains available on ITVX for viewers.
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Full cast of Shardlake and why it has already been cancelled before ITV debut
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Why won't there be a Shardlake season 2?
Tudor crime drama Shardlake is now streaming on ITVX and starting to air on ITV1, having originally been produced for and released on Disney Plus last year.The four-part show is based on the first in a series of novels by late author CJ Sansom, and there had been talk of a more seasons to adapt further novels.However, earlier this year fans sadly got some bad news, as it was confirmed that the show, which starred Arthur Hughes, Sean Bean and Antβ¦
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Everything to know on new ITV series Shardlake starring Arthur Hughes
Shardlake was released on Disney Plus in 2024 but will now be broadcast on ITV1. The series stars Arthur Hughes and Sean Bean.
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