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Season Four

Once the greatest city on earth, Tumanbay has fallen into the hands of two opposing warlords: Grand Master Amalric, blind leader of the Balarac, a fearsome religious order of knights; and Fatima, the ruthless widow of a murdered governor. Fatima exerts total control over young Sultana Manel, who finds herself isolated and weak following the executions of her father and lover. Manel’s only ally, her uncle, the spymaster Gregor, is trapped in the “Palace of the Blind”, a madhouse in the desert. He is banished for claiming that the Sultana's lover, Alkin, has returned from the dead. But Gregor is convinced of what he saw, and that Alkin’s return heralds the end for Tumanbay. If he is to save the city, he must first escape… Cast & Crew

 
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Episodes

Ep 4.01 – Palace of the Blind

One empire, two rulers, the banished spymaster


Ep 4.02 – Glass Souls

The world’s greatest painter, the missing Hafiz, a deadly hobby


Ep 4.03 – Pronounced ‘A Killer’

Bird in a cage, an assassin, the spymaster’s return


Ep 4.04 – Feels like Old Times

The investigation, a dangerous affair, a perfect murder


Ep 4.05 – The Watchers

Mother of the Empire, a secret tunnel, an ancient garden


Ep 4.06 – Secret Garden

Riddle of the barber, poison times two, you remind me of my sister


Ep 4.07 - Menagerie of All Life

The wheel of life, dead and not dead, an unnatural wedding…


Ep 4.08 – The Fires

Tomb of the Martyrs, the hangings, the aqueduct…

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Cast

GREGOR, former Master of the Palace Guard - Rufus Wright 

MANEL, Sultana of Tumanbay - Aiysha Hart 

FATIMA, wife of a provincial governor and self-styled “Mother of the Empire” – Kirsty Bushell 

CADALI, former Grand Vizier - Matthew Marsh 

GRAND MASTER AMALRIC, blind leader of the fearsome Balarac knights - Anton Lesser 

MEHMED, inmate in the Palace of the Blind - Nadim Sawalha 

SARP, inmate in the Palace of the Blind - Joplin Sibtain 

OLEF, chief orderly at the Palace of the Blind - Antony Bunsee 

PIERO, the world’s greatest painter - Pano Masti 

ANGEL, former pick-pocket and Piero’s assistant - Steffan Donnelly 

PILAAR, powerful financier whose elderly father was murdered by his young bride - Enzo Cilenti 

MAGRUB, businessman and rival of Pilaar - Joplin Sibtain 

FROG, teenage boy with prophetic powers - Misha Butler 

MATILLA, teenage bride on trial for murdering her husband - Albane Courtois 

HAFIZ, religious figurehead - Antony Bunsee 

BELLO, priest and acolyte to the Hafiz - Albert Welling 

HEAVEN, former slave trader, now assistant to the Grand Master - Olivia Popica 

AQUILA, an assassin for hire - Rob Jarvis 

DUMPY, friend of Frog, works at his mother’s lodging house - Ali Khan 

SARAH, an agent of Maya - Nina Yndis 

QULAN, Tumanbay’s greatest general, father of Manel - Christopher Fulford 

ALKIN, Sultana Manel’s murdered lover and vizier - Nathalie Armin 

Other parts - Vivek Madan, Nadir Khan, Gerard McDermott, James Carney, Arita Sadiku & Ali Khan


Production

Music - Sacha Puttnam

Sound Design - Eloise Whitmore

Casting – Emma Hearn

Assistant Script Editor - Marcus Martin

Trails & Promotions - Jack Soper 

Created by John Scott Dryden & Mike Walker

Writers - John Scott Dryden,  Mike Walker & Mac Rogers

Producers - Emma Hearn & Nadir Khan

Director - John Scott Dryden

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