The new Sky series Under Salt Marsh has premiered, centering on a teacher's discovery of a child's body in a Welsh town amid an approaching storm. Former detective Jackie Ellis investigates alongside her ex-partner, linking the case to a past disappearance that derailed her career. Kelly Reilly and Rafe Spall lead the ensemble in this tense community drama.
Under Salt Marsh unfolds in a Welsh community facing a massive storm, where schoolteacher Jackie Ellis finds the body of young Cefin Bevan. This grim discovery reopens old wounds for Jackie, played by Kelly Reilly, who left policing after her niece vanished years ago. She teams up with her former colleague, Detective Eric Bull (Rafe Spall), as the investigation ripples through the town.
The cast features several British acting stalwarts. Jonathan Pryce portrays Solomon Bevan, Cefin's grandfather and family patriarch. Naomi Yang is Jess Deng, a detective skeptical of Jackie's role, while Harry Lawtey plays Dylan Rees, who has ties to the victim through his nephew and a personal link to Jackie. Dinita Gohil appears as Nisha Jones, Jackie's sister-in-law who aided her transition to teaching, and Brian Gleeson as her husband Mac, involved in local construction.
Dino Fetscher's Gareth Evans arrives for an environmental review, potentially complicating matters with Bull. Cefin's parents are Shell Hill (Kimberley Nixon) and Danny Hill (Mark Stanley), the latter running the town butcher.
Reilly, known for Beth Dutton in Yellowstone, brings depth to Jackie. Spall, seen in Trying and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, adds grit to Bull. Pryce, Oscar-nominated for The Two Popes and recent in The Crown, anchors the family dynamic. Other notables include Yang from Peaky Blinders, Lawtey from Industry, Gohil in The Sandman, Gleeson of the acting Gleeson lineage in Bad Sisters, Fetscher in Years and Years, Nixon from Fresh Meat, and Stanley from Game of Thrones.
The first two episodes aired on Sky and NOW, promising a gripping exploration of loss and secrets.
