The city welcomes back the priest-like Balarac under their leader, the Grand Master (Anton Lesser). A new uncomfortable alliance or a deadly game of deception?
The eighth and final episode of series three. Matilla, having murdered her abusive husband returns with Frog to her family home to try to rescue her brother and escape the city.
Meanwhile the treacherous Cadali (Matthew Marsh), now a captive of the priest-like Balarac, is returned to Tumanbay as a gift. As the city welcomes the Balarac in, a new uncomfortable alliance seems to be forming. Or is it a deadly game of deception?
Cast:
Fatima........Tara Fitzgerald
Gregor........Rufus Wright
Grand Master, Amalric........ Anton Lesser
Manel........Aiysha Hart
Cadali........Matthew Marsh
Bavand........Peter Polycarpou
Heaven........Olivia Popica
General Qulan........Christopher Fulford
Frog........Finn Elliot
Matilla........Humera Syed
Alkin........Nathalie Armin
Tumanbay is created by John Scott Dryden and Mike Walker and inspired by the Mamluk slave rulers of Egypt.
Original Music by Sacha Puttnam
Sound Design by Eloise Whitmore
Sound Recording by Joe Richardson
Additional Music by Jon Ouin
Produced by Emma Hearn, Nadir Khan and John Scott Dryden
Written by Mac Rogers and Directed by John Scott Dryden
A Goldhawk production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Tumanbay
Epic saga by John Dryden and Mike Walker, inspired by the Mamluk slave dynasty of Egypt.
