Possession: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Claudia, an ambitious young bi‑racial lawyer, travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim made by a local man, Cudjoe East, against Oliver Connaught, a wealthy white aristocrat. But the case takes an unsettling turn when Claudia discovers that the disputed estate is the very place that has haunted her nightmares: Hope Hill, the Connaught family's former plantation. As Claudia and Oliver dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing link between the plantation's brutal past and the injustices still shaping the present.

Series details

• Title: Possession
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2026-08-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-08-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Now
• Typical episode runtime: 47 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 4.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 92743
• IMDb ID: tt34883857
• TVDB ID: 457483

Cast and credited roles

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw — Claudia McKenzie
• Jonny Lee Miller — Oliver Connaught
• Sheldon Shepherd — Matthew Desfriene / Cudjoe East
• Sean Gilder — Tom McKenzie
• Bel Powley — Charlotte Desfriene
• Oluniké Adeliyi — Patsy Dawkins
• Nadean Rawlins — Mercy Stevens
• Jack Bandeira — Kenneth Connaught
• Richard Dillane — Eugene Desfriene
• Diveen Henry — Flora

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-08-06; final listed air date 2026-08-06; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

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