''The Innocents'' (stylised as ''The Innøcents'') is a British supernatural television series created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric. The series premiered on 24 August 2018 on

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Premise

Two teenagers, June and Harry, run away together. However, June starts displaying abilities that throw them down a dangerous path.

Cast

Main

Sorcha Groundsell Sorcha Groundsell (born 15 February 1998) is a Scottish actress. She starred in the Netflix series ''The Innocents (TV series), The Innocents'' (2018) and the independent film ''Far From the Apple Tree'' (2018). Early life Her father was a gr ...

as June McDaniel, a woman with supernatural, shapeshifting abilities known as a "shifter" *

Percelle Ascott Percelle Ascott (born 10 June 1993) is a Zimbabwean-English actor and writer. He is known for his roles in the CBBC (TV channel), CBBC series ''Wizards vs Aliens'' (2012–2014) and the Netflix series ''The Innocents (TV series), The Innocents'' ...

as Harry Polk, June's boyfriend, who runs away with her *

Sam Hazeldine Samuel Hazeldine (born 29 March 1972) is an English actor working in film, television and theatre. He is the son of actors James Hazeldine. and Rebecca Moore. Early life Sam Hazeldine was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of actors Ja ...

as John McDaniel, June's stern, overprotective step-father *

Nadine Marshall Nadine Panchita Marshall (born 30 September 1972) is an English television, stage, and radio actress. Education and career She studied at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and is best known for her performance as Sally in the British tel ...

as Christine Polk, Harry's mother and a police officer *

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (born 26 February 1980) is an Icelandic actor known for his roles in the TV series ''Game of Thrones'' and '' The Innocents'' and in the films ''Atomic Blonde'' and ''Alpha Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ...

as Steinar, Halvorson's troubled right-hand man *

Laura Birn Laura Eveliina Birn (born 25 April 1981) is a Finnish film actress. Birn was born in Helsinki, Finland. She completed her master's degree from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2008. She is most famous for her appearances in the 2003 film '' Helmiä j ...

as Elena Askeland, June's mother and a shifter who struggles to control her power. * Ingunn Beate Øyen as Runa Gundersen, Halvorson's wife and patient, who is suffering from the early onset of dementia * Arthur Hughes as Ryan McDaniel, June's physically disabled older brother *

Guy Pearce Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor. Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire in England, and raised in Geelong, Victoria (Australia), Victoria in Australia, he started his career portraying Mike Young (Neighbours), Mike Young in ...

as Bendik "Ben" Halvorson, a man who treats shifters at Sanctum

Recurring

Jason Done Jason Done (born 5 April 1973) is an English actor who appeared as Mordred in the 1998 TV miniseries ''Merlin'', opposite Sam Neill. He is best known for his role as Stephen Snow in ITV drama '' Where The Heart Is'' from 1999 to 2001 and Tom C ...

as DCI Doug Squirries, Christine's boss whom she is at odds with. * Lise Risom Olsen as Sigrid Vollen, a patient of Halvorson who can now control her shifting abilities. * Philip Wright as Lewis Polk, Harry's father, who was left mentally disabled as a result of Elena shifting into him and then directly into another body. *

Abigail Hardingham Abigail Hardingham (born circa 1991) is a British actress. Hardingham's roles include Alice Webster in the BBC Drama '' The Missing'' (2016) and Holly in the British horror comedy film ''Nina Forever''. In 2015, Hardingham was awarded "Most Promi ...

as Kam, also known as Freya Gundersen, a shifter whom June and Harry come into contact with. The daughter of Runa, she fled from Sanctum when she was younger. *

Trond Fausa Aurvåg Trond Fausa Aurvåg (born 2 December 1972) is a Norwegian actor, film director, and poet. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2001, he has acted at Oslo Nye Teater since 2001. Here he has acted in plays such as ' ...

as Alf, a

private investigator A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators of ...

and high school friend of Steinar, who agrees to help Steinar locate and capture June until things get out of control. *

Andrew Koji Andrew Julian Hiroaki Koji (; born 10 November 1987) is a British actor and martial artist. He had his breakout role as Ah Sahm in the Cinemax series ''Warrior'' in 2019. Koji went on to play Storm Shadow in ''Snake Eyes'' (2021) and assassi ...

as Andrew, Kam's boyfriend.

Episodes

Production

The series was ordered by

in August 2017. In February 2018, the title was announced, alongside the news that the series would be shot mainly in England (mostly

Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Air ...

) and Norway.

Carly Paradis Carly Paradis is a BAFTA-nominated Canadian-born British composer, songwriter and pianist. She composes soundtracks for movies, TV series and solo albums. In 2007, she worked with film composer Clint Mansell arranging piano parts on Mansell's ...

composes music for the show.

References

External links

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