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  • TV-MA
  • BBC Two
  • Oct 1, 2018
  • 58 m
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  • BBC Two
  • Oct 1, 2018
  • 58 m

Summary When barrister Eve Ashby (Harriet Walter) takes on a case against General Simon Nyamoya (Danny Sapani), a Rwandan militia leader at the International Criminal Court, it opens up secrets from her past including those of her adopted daughter Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel) and fellow barrister Michael Ennis (John Goodman) in this thriller from ...

Directed By: Hugo Blick

Written By: Hugo Blick

  • TV-MA
  • BBC Two
  • Oct 1, 2018
  • 58 m
  • TV-MA
  • BBC Two
  • Oct 1, 2018
  • 58 m
Black Earth Rising
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A Bowl of Cornflakes
Air Date: Oct 1, 2018
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Summary When barrister Eve Ashby (Harriet Walter) takes on a case against General Simon Nyamoya (Danny Sapani), a Rwandan militia leader at the International Criminal Court, it opens up secrets from her past including those of her adopted daughter Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel) and fellow barrister Michael Ennis (John Goodman) in this thriller from ...

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Episode 1 • Sep 10, 2018 • 59 m
In Other News
Kate Ashby returns to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as her adopted mother Eve. Their relationship is tested when a militia leader is prosecuted at the International Criminal Court.
Episode 2 • Sep 17, 2018 • 59 m
Looking at the Past
Eve opens the prosecution of Simon Nyamoya, but a shocking incident changes everything. Michael launches a new case, defending old friend Alice Munezero, and turns to Kate for help.
Episode 3 • Sep 24, 2018 • 58 m
A Ghost in Name
Kate works with Michael to defend Alice Munezero from the charges against her in France. However, as shadowy forces try to prevent the truth being unearthed Kate faces threats to her personal safety.
Episode 4 • Oct 1, 2018 • 58 m
A Bowl of Cornflakes
Kate and Michael finish their work on Alice's case in France but are shocked when an indicted Rwandan and Congolese war criminal, Patrice Ganimana, implicated in the Genocide, arrives in the UK.
Episode 5 • Oct 8, 2018 • 58 m
The Eyes of the Devil
Blake Gaines, who has been handling Ganimana's defence, seems in danger of falling foul of those paying his legal fees. Alice Munezero tells Michael, for the first time, of her connection to the Rwandan president - Bibi Mundanzi.
Episode 6 • Oct 15, 2018 • 58 m
The Game's True Nature
Episode 7 • Oct 22, 2018 • 59 m
Double Bogey on the Ninth
Episode 8 • Oct 29, 2018 • 59 m
The Forgiving Earth

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