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Composer(s)
  
Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
7 January 2016

Network
  
Genre
  
Drama

6.7/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
England

No. of series
  
1

Final episode date
  
25 February 2016

Program creator
  
Stephen Thompson

Jessica Raine posing with Clarke Peters and Hans Matheson in the 2016 period drama series Jericho

Created by
  
Steve Thompson from an idea by Dave Ramage

Starring
  
Jessica RaineHans MathesonClarke Peters


Similar
  
Remember Me (TV series), One of Us (TV series), Call the Midwife

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Jericho is a period drama mini-series created and written by Steve Thompson and directed by Paul Whittington. The eight-part series premiered on ITV between 7 January and 25 February 2016.

Contents

Jessica Raine posing with Clarke Peters and Hans Matheson while behind them is the building of railway agent in the 2016 period drama series Jericho

It is set in the fictional town of Jericho, a shanty town in the Yorkshire Dales of England, which springs up around the construction of a railway viaduct in the 1870s. The series re-imagines the story of the building of the Ribblehead Viaduct, which is renamed the Culverdale Viaduct in the show.

Jessica Raine posing with Hans Matheson while standing close to each other in the 2016 period drama series Jericho

In April 2016 ITV confirmed that a second series of the show was not going to be commissioned.

The series is available via streaming video in the USA on Acorn TV, beginning 11 July 2016.

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Premise

Jessica Raine posing with Clarke Peters and Hans Matheson while behind them is the building of railway agent in the 2016 period drama series Jericho

The series focuses upon the shanty town of Jericho, home to a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they have been brought together to build.

Cast

Jessica Raine, Sam Bottomley, and Amy James-Kelly carrying their suitcase in a scene from the 2016 period drama series Jericho

  • Jessica Raine as Annie Quaintain, a widow with teenage children.
  • Hans Matheson as Johnny Jackson, a navvy. It is discovered later in the series his real name is John Blackwood.
  • Clarke Peters as Ralph Coates, a railway agent.
  • Mark Addy as Earl Bamford, a detective.
  • Dean Andrews as ‘Happy’ Jack Laggan, a navvy gang leader.
  • Lorraine Ashbourne as Lace Polly, a prostitute.
  • Amy James-Kelly as Martha Quaintain, Annie's daughter
  • Samuel Bottomley as George Quaintain, Annie's son
  • Daniel Rigby as Charles Blackwood.
  • Jeany Spark as Isabella Lambton.
  • Phil Cornwell as Joe Capstick
  • Production

    Jessica Raine, Hans Matheson, Sam Bottomley, and Amy James-Kelly carrying their suitcase near the train in the 2016 tv series Jericho

    Scenes were shot around Huddersfield, specifically Golcar, at the Colne Valley Museum, and on the moors above Meltham and Marsden. The main setting for the shanty town was Rockingstone Quarry.

    Jessica Raine posing while wearing a white and red blouse, Sam Bottomley wearing a vest and long sleeves, and Amy James-Kelly wearing a blue blouse

    Jessica Raine posing with Clarke Peters and Hans Matheson in the 2016 period drama series Jericho

    Jessica Raine's hand on her hips while Clarke Peters and Hans Matheson are looking afar in the 2016 period drama series Jericho

    Jessica Raine wearing a white and red blouse, Sam Bottomley wearing a vest and long sleeves, and Amy James-Kelly wearing a blue checkered blouse

    References

    Jericho (2016 TV series) Wikipedia