The Red King: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a 'punishment posting' on the small, antiquated island of St. Jory. Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of missing teenage boy Cai, Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island's strange cult history to uncover the truth. The Red King is a character-driven mystery-thriller, that combines the powerful story of a knotty police investigation with chilling, atmospheric folk-horror through the island's eerie past devotion to a pagan God called the Red King and the cult of the True Way.

Series details

• Title: The Red King
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2024-04-24
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&alibi
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 69242
• IMDb ID: tt8174510
• TVDB ID: 436026

Cast and credited roles

• Anjli Mohindra — Grace Narayan
• Adjoa Andoh — Heather Nancarrow
• James Bamford — Owen Parry
• Lu Corfield — Lowri Bain
• Maeve Courtier-Lilley — Winter Bain
• Tuyen Do — Minh Prosser
• Sam Swainsbury — Father Douglas Carrisford
• Marc Warren — Dr Ian Prideaux
• Mark Lewis Jones — Gruffudd Prosser
• Oliver Ryan — Mihangel Pugh
• Jill Halfpenny — DCI Ann Fletcher

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-04-24; final listed air date 2024-05-29; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Red King 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.