Black Earth Rising


Black Earth Rising is a 2018 television drama series written and directed by Hugo Blick, about the prosecution of international war criminals. The series is a co-production between BBC Two and Netflix. The show aired on BBC Two in the United Kingdom starting 10 September 2018; Netflix began streaming the show internationally outside the UK on January 25, 2019.

Plot

The story centres on Kate Ashby, who works as a legal investigator in the London law chambers of Michael Ennis. When Kate's adoptive mother Eve takes on a case prosecuting an African militia leader, the story pulls Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever.

Cast

Series 1 (2018)

Production

The series was commissioned as Black Earth Rising in 2017, and was known as The Forgiving Earth for a time during production before reverting to its original title by April 2018. During a night shoot of a car stunt scene in Ghana, camera operator Mark Milsome was killed.
The production used a private residence in Sevenoaks, Kent for some of the filming, where the swimming pool doubled for a spa hotel in Paris.