#FIRSTLOOK: “THE BURNING GIRLS” STREAMING NOW ON PARAMOUNT+

Paramount+’s all new horror-thriller series THE BURNING GIRLS, starring Samantha Morton, Ruby Stokes and Conrad Khan, is now streaming.

More about the Series:

• Based on the Sunday Times Bestselling novel of the same name by series producer C.J Tudor and adapted by Hans Rosenfeldt (Marcella, The Bridge). THE BURNING GIRLS is a psychological horror meets small town mystery in this story of a troubled vicar, desperate to exorcise the demons of her past and find peace in their new home.  

• The series features multi-award-winning British actress Samantha Morton’scharacter Reverand Jack Brooks and her daughter Flo who arrive in the small village of Chapal Croft, seeking a fresh start. They soon find a village rife with conspiracies and secrets where uncovering the truth can be deadly in a community with a bloody past. The trailer shows current villagers commemorating the death of two young Protestant martyrs who were betrayed and burned at the stake five hundred years ago – by creating dolls and tossing them into fire. The more Jack and Flo unearth about Chapel Croft’s past, the deeper they are drawn into the age-old rifts, mysteries, and suspicions of this insular village.   

• Alongside Morton (The Walking Dead, The Serpent Queen), Ruby Stokes (Bridgerton, Lockwood & Co) plays Jack’s 15-year-old daughter Flo in the series, with BAFTA EE Rising Star nominee Conrad Khan(Peaky Blinders) portraying Lucas Wrigley – a mysterious alternative teen who Flo befriends. 

• The series also features: Paul Bradley (Eastenders), Janie Dee (Official Secrets), Jane Lapotaire (The Crown), John Macmillan(House of the Dragon), Rupert Graves (Sherlock), Elodie Grace Orkin (Stranger Things), Safia Oakley-Green (The Origin, Sherwood), Beth Cordingly (Funland), David Dawson (Doc Martin), Jack Roth (Britannia) and Mollie Holder (Sanditon). 

• The series is Executive Produced by Richard Tulk-Hart and Tony Wood alongside Tudor and Rosenfeldt. Series directors include Charles Martin (Skins, Wallander) and Kieron Hawkes (Intergalactic, Ripper Street).