{"id":27515,"date":"2021-03-26T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T06:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/?p=27515"},"modified":"2021-03-27T13:52:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T05:52:46","slug":"hbo-drama-series-the-nevers-debuts-12-april-on-hbo-go-and-hbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/entertainment\/hbo-drama-series-the-nevers-debuts-12-april-on-hbo-go-and-hbo\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO DRAMA SERIES THE NEVERS DEBUTS 12 APRIL ON HBO GO AND HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Series Is Set In Victorian-era London About People \u2013 Mostly Women \u2013 Who Suddenly Manifest Special Abilities<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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MANILA, 24 MARCH 2021<\/strong> \u2013 HBO drama series The Nevers<\/em> premieres same time as the U.S. on Monday, 12 April at 9am exclusively on HBO GO<\/a> and HBO<\/strong>, with a same day encore at 10pm on HBO. The first season is in two parts with the first six episodes of Part One airing every Monday at the same time while Part Two’s six episodes will follow at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August, 1896. Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event which gives certain people – mostly women – abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. But no matter their particular \u201cturns,\u201d all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger. It falls to mysterious, quick-fisted widow Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and brilliant young inventor Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) to protect and shelter these gifted \u201corphans.\u201d To do so, they will have to face the brutal forces determined to annihilate their kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rounding out this genre-bending drama\u2019s acclaimed cast are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Olivia Williams<\/strong> (\u201cThe Ghost Writer\u201d) as Lavinia Bidlow, the wealthy benefactress funding the orphanage for Amalia\u2019s outcasts, who are also known as the Touched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf James Norton<\/strong> (\u201cLittle Women\u201d) as Hugo Swann, the rich and irreverent proprietor of a den of iniquity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Tom Riley<\/strong> (\u201cDa Vinci\u2019s Demons\u201d) as Augustus \u201cAugie\u201d Bidlow, Lavinia\u2019s sweet, awkward, younger brother with a secret of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Pip Torrens (\u201cThe Crown\u201d) as Lord Gilbert Massen, a high-ranking government official leading the crusade against our heroines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Ben Chaplin<\/strong> (\u201cThe Thin Red Line\u201d) as Inspector Frank Mundi, who\u2019s torn between his police duties and moral compass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Emmy\u00ae-nominee Denis O\u2019Hare (\u201cAmerican Horror Story\u201d) as Edmund Hague, a deranged doctor searching for the source of the powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Amy Manson<\/strong> (\u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d) as the tortured, murderous Maladie, who derives power from pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Rochelle Nei<\/strong>l (\u201cTerminator: Dark Fate\u201d) as the fire-wielding Annie \u201cBonfire\u201d Carby, one of Maladie\u2019s motley gang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Zackary Momoh<\/strong> (\u201cSeven Seconds\u201d) as orphanage doctor Horatio Cousens, whose turn equips him with healing powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Eleanor Tomlinson<\/strong> (\u201cThe Illusionist\u201d) as Mary Brighton, a broken and resilient performer pursuing her dream of singing on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Elizabeth Berrington<\/strong> (\u201cIn Bruges\u201d) as Lucy Best, adaptive and streetwise, her quick-wit and high spirits mask the pain of a tragic past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Anna Devlin<\/strong> (\u201cAll the Money in the World\u201d) as Primrose Chattoway who, at ten feet tall and a dreamy demeanor, wishes to be an ordinary girl not taking up too much space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Kiran Sonia Sawar<\/strong> (\u201cHBO Max\u2019s Pure\u201d) as Harriet Kaur, a young Scottish Sikh and aspiring lawyer, determined to live her life as she planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Viola Prettejohn<\/strong> (\u201cThe Witcher\u201d) as Myrtle Haplisch, a middle-class girl rescued from a family who cannot understand her – literally, as she can no longer speak any form of language they understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Ella Smith<\/strong> (\u201cRay & Liz\u201d) as D\u00e9sire\u00e9 Blodgett, a prostitute with a power that gets her in trouble and a six-year old son who never speaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Vinnie Heave<\/strong>n as Nimble Jack, a rakish and charming young thief and an expert at breaking and entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Nick Frost<\/strong> (\u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d) as feared criminal overlord Declan \u201cBeggar King\u201d Orrun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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