Scripted series · BBC Two
Small Prophets
A story of hope, grief, and the strange between-everyday things.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Pearce Quigley
Michael Sleep
6 eps
Michael Palin
Brian Sleep
6 eps
Lauren Patel
Kacey
6 eps
Mackenzie Crook
Gordon
6 eps
Shola Adewusi
Olive
6 eps
Paul Kaye
Roy
6 eps
Riana Duce
Kaitlin Thorncroft
6 eps
Jon Pointing
Clive
6 eps
Sophie Willan
Bev
6 eps
Adam Wright
Elliot
6 eps
Charlotte Mills
Hilary
6 eps
Ed Kear
Brigham
6 eps
Darren Hill
Paint Customer
1 eps
Julian Walsh
Bucket Customer
1 eps
Kevin Sutton
Constable Paul Sergeant
2 eps
Ade Ajibade
Constable Juliet Bravo
1 eps
Rocco Haynes
Kid
1 eps
Howard Gossington
Bob
2 eps
Kathryn Drysdale
Bea
2 eps
Kieran Mortell
Rupert
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Small Prophets actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Small Prophets reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
The magical and mundane unfold in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles on the supernatural.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Mackenzie CrookExecutive Producer
- Emma LawsonExecutive Producer
- Lisa ThomasExecutive Producer
- Gill IslesProducer
Writing
- Mackenzie CrookWriter
Direction
- Mackenzie CrookDirector
Where to watch
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