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The Chelsea Detective is a British crime drama television series, created by Peter Fincham and broadcast on Acorn TV since its premiere on 23 February 2022. The series focuses on various murder cases which take place in Chelsea, London and the efforts of Detective Inspector Max Arnold and his partner to solve the crimes.
Mar 3, 2022 · Sonita Henry is a highly accomplished actor who has appeared in a multitude of television shows and films and has also played roles in some incredibly notable franchises such as Doctor Who and Star Trek, and her latest role is as Detective Sergeant Priya Shamsie in The Chelsea Detective on Acorn TV and we here at Nerds That Geek were lucky ...
Mar 8, 2022 · On February 24, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sonita Henry via Zoom, as embedded below. Beyond The Chelsea Detective, we talked about upcoming projects, her days doing stand-up in New York, and musical preferences. More The Chelsea Detective can be found here, here and here.
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Krypton follows Superman's grandfather, Seg-El, whose family, the House of El, has been ostracized and shamed. Seg fights to redeem his family's honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
Main
1. Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El: Scion of the House of El, father of Jor-El and the future grandfather of Kal-El, who will become the iconic superhero Superman. 1.1. Nicholas Witham-Mueller as Young Seg-El. 2. Georgina Campbellas Lyta-Zod: The Primus in the Kryptonian military guild who was previously in a clandestine relationship with Seg-El. 3. Shaun Sipos as Adam Strange: A human from the future who forewarns Seg-El of Brainiac, and tells him of his yet-to-be born grandson Kal-El / Clark Kent....
Recurring
1. Alexis Raben as Rhom (season 1): A rankless Kryptonian, the mother of Ona, and a friend of the House of El. 2. Tipper Seifert-Cleveland as Ona (season 1): The daughter of Rhom who is made a disciple of Rao upon being orphaned. 3. Andrea Vasiliou as Kol-Da (season 1): A callous member of the Sagitari, and Daron's lover. 4. Sarah Armstrong as Kiyo (season 1): A member of Black Zero. 5. India Mullenas Sevi (season 1): A member of the Religious Guild who attended to the Voice of Rao. 6. Kim Ad...
Guest
1. Rupert Gravesas Ter-El (season 1): Seg's father. 2. Paula Malcomsonas Charys-El (season 1): Seg's mother. 3. Gordon Alexander as Quex-Ul(season 1): The former commander of Lyta's Sagitari squadron. 4. Emmanuel Ighodaro as Lor-Zod(season 1): A Sagitari and father of Jayna-Zod and Vidar-Zod who trained them to become a warriors in the past before passing away. 5. Toby Alexander-Smithas Lor-Ran (season 2): A former Rankless and a recruit into Sagitari. 6. Staz Nair as Dax-Baron / Doomsday: A...
Development
In October 2014, David S. Goyer was developing a prequel television series titled Krypton. The series was in development by Syfy network, produced by Goyer and written and executive produced by Ian Goldberg. Damian Kindler was the showrunner with Goyer as co-executive producer. Syfy tweeted a debut of the show in 2018. Hawkwoman was originally announced to appear in the series,but was later decided by the showrunners not to include her in the first season of the series due to her not fitting...
Casting
The casting process began in 2016 and finished in 2018. Georgina Campbell was first cast as Lyta Zod. Shaun Sipos was cast as Adam Strange. It was intended by the show's creators to be LGBTQ+ character, but this was only implied following alleged interference from former DC executive Geoff Johns. Cameron Cuffe was cast as Seg-El. Regé-Jean Page auditioned for the role but was not cast because Johns reportedly believed the character had to resemble Superman actor Henry Cavill due to initial fa...
Filming
In June 2016, production on the pilot was slated to begin later in the year in Montreal. By September, the pilot was filmed in Serbia by Colm McCarthy. The second season began filming in October 2018 in Belfastand wrapped on March 3, 2019.
Broadcast
Krypton's first season premiered on March 21, 2018 and concluded on May 23 with a total of ten episodes.The second season premiered on June 12, 2019. The first season became available on DC's streaming service DC Universe on April 5, 2019,with the second season airing on August 11, 2020.
Home media
The first season was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 5, 2019.The second season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 14, 2020.
In 2018, DC debuted a comic book version of Krypton featuring the show's cast on the cover for Free Comic Book Day. An after show titled Decrypting Krypton premiered on Syfy on March 21, following Krypton's premiere episode. Decrypting Krypton featured host Matt Hiscox discussing the latest episode with fans, actors, and producers of Krypton.
Critical reception
The first season holds a score of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 6.26/10. Rotten Tomatoes's critical consensus reads: "Krypton's eccentricity declines into silliness with a dull narrative that fails to fulfill a promising premise". On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". A 100% approval rating for the second season was reported by Rotten Tomatoes, with an averag...
In June 2019, Syfy announced a spin-off based on Lobo, set to be produced by Cameron Welsh, who also executive produced Krypton. However, in August, the spin-off was not moving forward alongside Krypton's cancellation after two seasons.
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Sonita Henry, född 23 januari 1977 i Dover, Kent, är en brittisk skådespelare. [ 1] Henry har bland annat medverkat i TV-serien Chelsea Detective, Surfside Girls och Olympus. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Filmografi (i urval) 2015 – Olympus (TV-serie) 2022 – Surfside Girls (TV-serie) 2022 – Chelsea Detective (TV-serie) 2024 – Role Play. Referenser.
Apr 5, 2023 · The latter is a four-part crime drama starring Adrian Scarborough as Detective Inspector Max Arnold with Sonita Henry as his no-nonsense partner, DS Priya Shamsie. As with the template for such ...
Mar 7, 2022 · The Adrian Scarborough and Sonita Henry-fronted series spans four episodes that clock in at around 90 minutes each. In essence, it feels like four distinctly different movies, and it's all...
