# Bodies (2023)

> Four detectives from different eras investigate the same dead body found on a London street to protect Britain's future.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/151040

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 57 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, mystery, science fiction, drama
- Created by: Paul Tomalin
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller, Greta Scacchi, Stephen Graham, Nitin Ganatra, Oscar Coleman
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18347622/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: brooding, tense, cold, suspenseful, atmospheric

## What critics say

Viewers find the time-travel detective premise intriguing and well crafted in its period settings, though the plot logic and ending draw criticism.

## Synopsis

Bodies (2023) is a British science fiction crime miniseries created by Paul Tomalin and released on Netflix. Across eight episodes, it follows four detectives working in four different time periods who are drawn to one victim found dead on a London street. Charles Whiteman (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) and Iris Maplewood (Shira Haas) anchor the investigation, with Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor) and Alfred Hillinghead (Kyle Soller) pursuing the same body from their own eras, while Stephen Graham plays Mannix. The engine of the story is a detective hunting a killer across shifting centuries, where each clue lands in a different year and every answer threatens to unravel the timeline. Each episode builds the puzzle through hard-edged police work, grimy streets, and period costume, with a tense, brooding atmosphere and a sense of cosmic unease. The mood is cold and suspenseful rather than cozy, with moral ambiguity and secrecy at its core. Fans of Dark and Life on Mars will find resonance in its time-spanning investigations and British crime grit. Its single season is a self-contained, tightly plotted limited series that rewards close attention and careful tracking of its interlocking timelines.

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