Miniseries · ITV1
The Widow
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kate Beckinsale
Georgia Wells
8 eps
Matthew Le Nevez
Will Mason
8 eps
Alex Kingston
Judith Gray
8 eps
Charles Dance
Martin Benson
8 eps
Bart Fouche
Pieter Bello
8 eps
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Ariel Helgason
8 eps
Shalom Nyandiko
Adidja
8 eps
Babs Olusanmokun
General Azikiwe
8 eps
Matthew Gravelle
Joshua Peake
5 eps
Louise Brealey
Beatrix
5 eps
Luiana Bonfim
Gaelle
5 eps
Réginal Kudiwu
Djamba
5 eps
Yoli Fuller
Sidney
4 eps
Balindile ka Ngcobo
Gloria
4 eps
Lungile Radebe
Sadiki
3 eps
Pamela Nomvete
Dominique Mutombo
3 eps
Jacky Ido
Emmanuel Kazadi
2 eps
Howard Charles
Tom Jansen
2 eps
Mathilde Warnier
Louise Chartrain
2 eps
Siobhan Finneran
Sally Newell
1 eps
Robinah Kironde
Ivette
3 eps
Marty Kintu
Barman
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Widow actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Widow reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the Congo, where she's forced to seek the truth about what happened to the man she loved.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Violet
Martin and Ariel seek to determine the identity of the army general linked to the plane crash, while Georgia puts herself in danger to get closer to the elusive Pieter.
S01E02
Green Lion
To find the truth about her husband, Georgia must first work with Emmanuel, together they attempt to track down the mysterious Pieter Bello. Meanwhile, Beatrix makes a shocking discovery about how Ariel lost his sight.
S01E05
Poteza
As she finally comes face to face with Pieter, Georgia resorts to extreme measures to learn more about Will's disappearance. Judith's return to her home brings back memories from her past, but she doesn't foresee an unexpected twist of fate.
S01E07
Will
The search for Will takes Georgia to Rwanda. On her arrival, she prepares to finally learn the answers about what really happened to her husband, but is not ready for what she finds there.
S01E06
The Spider and the Web
Georgia and Adidja make a journey deep into the Congolese wilderness that yields unexpected consequences. Meanwhile, in the search for answers about the plane crash, Martin puts himself and Ariel ever closer to Azikiwe's dangerous path.
S01E01
Mr. Tequila
A widow's life is thrown into disarray when she suspects that her husband, who had been pronounced dead in a plane crash three years prior, is potentially still alive.
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
- Harry WilliamsExecutive Producer
- Jack WilliamsExecutive Producer
- Eliza MellorProducer
Writing
- Harry WilliamsWriter
- Jack WilliamsWriter
Direction
- Sam DonovanDirector
- Olly BlackburnDirector
Music
- Dominik ScherrerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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