{"id":677117,"date":"2026-01-06T06:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/677117\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:39:16","slug":"official-trailer-released-for-gripping-wales-set-crime-thriller-under-salt-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/677117\/","title":{"rendered":"Official trailer released for gripping Wales-set crime thriller Under Salt Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FL_03_UnderSaltMarsh-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271290\"  \/>Under Salt Marsh stars Rafe Spall and Kelly Reilly<\/p>\n<p>The full official trailer and launch date for haunting new Wales-set crime thriller Under Salt Marsh set in the fictional Welsh town of Morfa Halen have been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Sky drama, which launches on January 30, stars Yellowstone\u2019s Kelly Reilly as former detective Jackie Ellis, who has swapped policing for teaching after a devastating case shattered her career and family life.<\/p>\n<p>Under Salt Marsh is a limited series from writer, creator, and executive producer Claire Oakley, set in a tight-knit community precariously nestled between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence.<\/p>\n<p>As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis discovers the body of her 8-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned. The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior \u2013 the disappearance of Jackie\u2019s niece, Nessa, which cost her career.<\/p>\n<p>Cefin\u2019s death summons Jackie\u2019s former partner, Detective Eric Bull (Rafe Spall), back to Morfa Halen to lead the investigation into a community he failed once before. Convinced the cases are linked, Jackie and Bull must reconcile and race to uncover long-buried secrets inside Morfa, before the storm breaks and all the evidence is gone for good.<\/p>\n<p>An intimate and cinematic story, Under Salt Marsh takes audiences into the heart of a community bound by nature and fractured by an unthinkable crime.<\/p>\n<p>Created, written and directed by Claire Oakley, the six-part drama promises a brooding mix of mystery and emotion, exploring grief, guilt and the corrosive effects of secrecy in a close-knit town.<\/p>\n<p>The cast also features Jonathan Pryce (The Crown), Naomi Yang (Chimerica), Dinita Gohil (Treason), Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters), Kimberley Nixon (Queenie) and Harry Lawtey (Industry), with Mark Stanley, Dino Fetscher, Lizzie Annis, Rhodri Meilir and Julian Lewis Jones rounding out the ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the Under Salt Marsh official trailer below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leading the cast of Under Salt Marsh are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone, Here) as Jackie Ellis<br \/>Rafe Spall (The English, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) as Detective Eric Bull<br \/>Jonathan Pryce (The Crown, Slow Horses) as Solomon Bevan<br \/>Naomi Yang (Nightsleeper, Wolfe) as Jess Deng<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joining them are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harry Lawtey (Industry, Joker Folie \u00e0 Deux) as Dylan Rees<br \/>Dinita Gohil (Sandman, Greed)<br \/>Brian Gleeson (Bad Sisters, Phantom Thread)<br \/>Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat, Life and Death in the Warehouse)<br \/>Mark Stanley (Happy Valley, The Reckoning)<br \/>Dino Fetscher (Fool Me Once, Foundation)<br \/>Lizzie Annis (The Witcher: Blood Origin, Extraordinary)<br \/>Rhodri Meilir (Pren Ar y Bryn\/Tree On A Hill, Craith\/Hidden)<br \/>Julian Lewis Jones (House of the Dragon, Wheel of Time)<br \/>Newcomers Amara Atwal as Nessa and Jonah James as Harry Bevan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p>\n<p>                                Support our Nation today<\/p>\n<p>For the <strong>price of a cup of coffee<\/strong> a month you can help us create an<br \/>\n                                    independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, <strong>by<br \/>\n                                        the people of Wales.<\/strong>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under Salt Marsh stars Rafe Spall and Kelly Reilly The full official trailer and launch date for haunting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-677117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115846786199995658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}