Four detectives. Four timelines. One body.

Based on the mind-bending graphic novel by Si Spencer, Bodies is a police procedural with a twist.

When a body – the same body – is found on Longharvest Lane in London’s East End in 1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053, one detective from each period must investigate. As connections are drawn across the decades, the detectives soon discover their investigations are linked, and an enigmatic political leader – Elias Mannix – becomes increasingly central. Did he have a part to play in the murder? Or is something far more sinister at play?

To solve the mystery, the four detectives must somehow collaborate to uncover a conspiracy spanning over 150 years.

The eight-part series stars Stephen Graham as Elias Mannix, and Shira Haas, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Kyle Soller, and Amaka Okafor as the detectives.

It’s written by Paul Tomalin and Danusia Samal, directed by Marco Kreutzpaintner and Haolu Wang, and produced by Susie Liggat (series) and Sophie MacClancy (episodes 5-8).

The executive producers are Will Gould and Frith Tiplady for Moonage Pictures, Paul Tomalin, and Marco Kreutzpaintner.

Bodies is a Moonage Pictures production for Netflix.