Overview
- Netflix revealed the title Blackmere and first-look images and trailer at its UK upfronts on Thursday, September 24.
- Paddy Considine stars as tormented Detective John Blackmere, with Lena Headey, Rory Kinnear and Georgina Campbell named among the principal cast.
- The streamer describes the show as "an absurd comedy disguised as an incredibly serious crime thriller," following a detective who leaves the northern city of Bleakford for London to hunt a ritualistic serial killer.
- Charlie Brooker created and wrote the six-episode series with co-writers Ben Caudell, Jason Hazeley, Emer Kenny, Daniel Maier and Joel Morris and additional material by Victoria Asare Archer.
- Brooker executive produces alongside Jessica Rhoades and Annabel Jones, Al Campbell directs, and the series is scheduled to debut on Netflix in early 2027.