Series 1    Episode 1
October 31, 2016    44m    TV-14
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24-year-old Mary Ann Cotton returns home to Seaham, County Durham having eloped to Cornwall with Billy Mowbray. A terrible cycle of births and deaths has haunted the pair but as Mary's circumstances worsen she finds a deadly solution.

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Cast of Episode 1
  • Joanne FroggattMary Ann Cotton
  • Mark UnderwoodFred Cotton
  • Alun ArmstrongGeorge Stot
  • Jonas ArmstrongJoe
  • John BowlerMr. Johnson
  • Sam HoareJames Robinson
  • John HollingworthDr. John Maling
  • Thomas HowesGeorge Ward
  • Jamie B. ChambersRobert Evans
  • Paul BrennenMr. Riley
  • Michael CulkinSunderland vicar
  • Bill FellowsMr. Brownlee
  • Joe ArmstrongJoe Nattras
  • Emma FieldingHelen Robinson
  • Seamus O'NeillWilliam Calcraft
  • Penny LaydenMargaret Stott
  • Shaun PrendergastSgt Hutchinson
  • Laura MorganMaggie Cotton

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