Miniseries · BBC One
The Pale Horse
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rufus Sewell
Mark Easterbrook
2 eps
Kaya Scodelario
Hermia Easterbrook
2 eps
Georgina Campbell
Delphine Easterbrook
2 eps
Sean Pertwee
Inspector Stanley Lejeune
2 eps
Bertie Carvel
Zachariah Osborne
2 eps
Kathy Kiera Clarke
Sybil Stamfordis
2 eps
Sheila Atim
Thyrza Grey
2 eps
Rita Tushingham
Bella Webb
2 eps
James Fleet
Oscar Venables
2 eps
Madeleine Bowyer
Jessie Davis
2 eps
Poppy Gilbert
Thomasina Tuckerton
2 eps
Claire Skinner
Yvonne Tuckerson
2 eps
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
David Ardingly
2 eps
Sarah Woodward
Clemency Ardingly
2 eps
Kim Chapman
Rita
2 eps
Ellen Robertson
Poppy
2 eps
Martin Buchan
Vicar
2 eps
Chris Bianchi
Rawle
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Pale Horse actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Pale Horse reads strongest on Bingeability, Cliffhanger Intensity and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After a list of names is found in the shoe of a dead woman, one of the named people begins investigating and is drawn to the The Pale Horse, the home of a trio of rumored witches living in a small village. Word has it that the witches can do away with wealthy relatives using dark arts.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Episode 2
Mark fears his life is at risk, and his growing paranoia begins to haunt his dreams. Can he uncover the secret of the witches at the Pale Horse before it’s too late?
S01E01
Episode 1
A mysterious list of names is found in the shoe of a dead woman. What is the connection to the village of Much Deeping?
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
- James PrichardExecutive Producer
- Ado Yoshizaki CassutoProducer
- Tommy BulfinExecutive Producer
- Basi AkpabioExecutive Producer
- Damien TimmerExecutive Producer
- Sarah PhelpsExecutive Producer
Writing
- Sarah PhelpsWriter
Direction
- Leonora LonsdaleDirector
Cinematography
- Jarin BlaschkeDirector of Photography
Music
- Anne NikitinOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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