Airdate: The Casual Vacancy

Joint BBC / HBO miniseries The Casual Vacancy, based on the book by JK Rowling, begins on Showcase later this month.

The cast features Rory Kinnear, Emily Bevan, Michael Gambon, Julia McKenzie, Rufus Jones and Keeley Hawes.

This premiered in the UK in February.

Set in Pagford, an idyll English town that soon comes to war when local councilman Barry Fairbrother dies in his forties, resulting in a fight to fill his seat. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?

Mondays from May 25 at 8.30pm on Showcase.