Netflix sets 2028 window for Sarah Lancashire thriller Witch Hunt

Netflix announced the crime thriller for 2028, with Lancashire playing a convicted killer whose return to Cambridge coincides with a new serial-killer investigation.

Sarah Lancashire will star in Witch Hunt , a new crime thriller created by Abi Morgan and set to arrive on Netflix in 2028. Netflix's September 30 announcement casts Lancashire as August Howell, who returns to her university town after serving decades in prison for drowning her three young daughters. The community

rejects her return, while a serial killer begins terrorising the area. August's surviving daughter, Professor Wren Howell, is an academic and investigative psychologist whom police turn to as they pursue the new crimes. Netflix frames the series around the strained mother-daughter relationship and the public reaction

to August's release; Morgan calls it a dark, emotionally charged love story. The show is produced by SISTER Pictures, with Jane Featherstone among the executive producers. The 2028 window is the only timing information announced. Netflix has not provided a month, episode count or full cast list. The title gives

Lancashire another major drama role after Happy Valley and Black Doves , while Morgan previously created The Split and Eric . Read Netflix Tudum's announcement. Headline image: Mythscribe / AI-generated editorial illustration; imagined university-town setting, not an official production still. AI-generated editorial

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