The Inheritance: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Inheritance (2025): Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Twelve strangers arrive at a grand English country estate, lured by one irresistible opportunity: to inherit a chunk of a vast fortune. The fortune belonged to a glamorous benefactor known only as The Deceased who has left video messages for the players from beyond the grave.
To release money from The Inheritance, players must work as a team to complete a series of challenges. The better they perform; the more money is released. But The Deceased had a wicked sense of humour and one ruthless condition: to win the game they must persuade all others that only they should be entrusted with the money.
It's a game of wit, willpower, persuasion, and betrayal, where it's not about who deserves the money, but who's willing to outplay, out-charm, and out-scheme the competition to claim it.
Series details
- Title: The Inheritance
- Format: Reality
- Language: English
- Premiere date: 2025-08-31
- Final broadcast date listed: 2025-09-23
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 62 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 7/10
- TVMaze ID: 82605
- IMDb ID: tt36998181
- TVDB ID: 460219
Cast and credited roles
- Robert Rinder — The Exectutor
- Elizabeth Hurley — The Deceased
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2025-08-31; final listed air date 2025-09-23; episode order: 12.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Inheritance on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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