We have our first look at Possession, the new five-part limited series from Sky, led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki).

The series was previously titled Inheritance and was created and written by Karla Crome (Something Very Bad is Going to Happen). Storm Saulter (Better Mus’ Come, Sprinter) is the series director, with Mbatha-Raw leading alongside Jonny Lee Miller (The Crown, Elementary), Sheldon Shepherd (Bob Marley: One Love, Better Mus’ Come) and Bel Powley (A Small Light, The Morning Show). 

The series synopsis reads: Claudia (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), an ambitious young bi‑racial lawyer, travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim made by a local man, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. But the case takes an unsettling turn when Claudia discovers that the disputed estate is the very place that has haunted her nightmares: Hope Hill, the Connaught family’s former plantation. 

As Claudia and Oliver dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing link between the plantation’s brutal past and the injustices still shaping the present. 

The wider series ensemble features Nadean Rawlins (Bob Marley: One Love, Sprinter), Sean Gilder (Mary & George, Slow Horses), Olunike Adeliyi (The Fire Inside, Mike), Richard Dillane (Wolf Hall, The Crown), Diveen Henry (The Day of the Jackal, Manhunt), Jack Bandeira (Happy Valley, Black Mirror), Shantol Jackson (Death in Paradise, Yardie), Jeff Crossley (Bob Marley: One Love, Sprinter), and Safina Simpson. 

Possession is produced by Snowed-In in association with Sky Studios. The series is based on an original story created by Jefferson Bannis. Executive Producers are Ruth Kenley-Letts, Jenny van der Lande, Neil Blair, Karla Crome, Storm Saulter, Sam Hoyle, Serena Thompson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jonny Lee Miller. The Development Producer is Roxanne Harvey and the Series Producer is Kate Ogborn. 

The series will be available on Sky in the UK and Ireland. NBC is handling international sales. 

Check out the teaser above.