The Clotilda is the ship that brought Cudjo Lewis to the United States, as told in the upcoming Zora Neale Hurston book Barracoon: The Story of the Last âBlack Cargoâ which is due to be published for the first time later this year.
Geraldine McEwan died yesterday aged 82, her children have confirmed. The actress was best known for playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Ms McEwan played Miss Marple for 12 TV films - with her last one in 2009. She had a long and successful career, winning a Bafta award in 1991. Stars and fans this evening paid tribute to the 'beautiful and funny' actress.
Sam Reid, Blake Harrison, Alun Armstrong and Ruth Sheen are also cast in the six-part drama. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW. ITV has found its young Jane Tennison â Doctor Thorne star Stefanie Martini has been cast in the role made famous by Helen Mirren in classic crime drama Prime Suspect. Martini, who also appeared in the dramas Endeavour and Emerald City, will play the policewoman aged 22 and at the start of her career.