In the summer of 1894, Nathan Appleby's mother dies and he inherits Shepzoy House and farm in Somerset. Nathan's 1st idea is to sell the farm. He has a successful London career in the flowering science of psychology. His wife, Charlotte, is a thoroughly modern city girl who is interested in the possibilities of the new cameras. But Charlotte wants to take on the challenge of modernizing the farm and starting a family in the country. She wins, and six weeks later they move in.And that's when the troubles begin. Each episode has a new supernatural horror to be dealt with. And the current running underneath all the episodes is Nathan's guilt over the death of his 6 year-old son by his first wife. They both died at Shepzoy and something is very very wrong with this farm. Not just ghosts and possessions, but madness and something that shouldn't be there.No spoilers! "What lies beneath should be left beneath.""The Living and the Dead" originally aired June-August 2016. The six episodes total 360 minutes. The BluRay/DVD of the series have the option of English SDH subtitles on the episodes and the Bonus Features. BBC has announced that no series 2 will be optioned.I am not a horror aficionado, so this TV series has the right amount of creepiness for me. Most of the acting is good, and some of the supporting cast are very good. The pacing can be a little slow. The cinematography is exceptional for a TV series, especially the overhead shots in the woods. Last, but not least, I much enjoy the music, including the songs sung during the opening credits. The mournful and even sinister ballads lend to the creepy atmosphere. Episode Two, dealing with young Charlie and the boys calling to him, is particularly well written.Bonus Features:....A. "The Making of The Living the Dead" (5 minutes) Commentators include Colin Morgan (plays Nathan), Charlotte Spencer (plays Charlotte), Ashley Pharoah (writer, producer), Sam Donovan (director), Matt Gray (DOP), Alice Troughton (director), Phoebe De Gaye (costume designer), Vickie Lang (hair & makeup), Malcolm Storry (plays Gideon) and Kerrie Hayes (plays Gwen).Colin Morgan says, "We've had cameras on 100 foot cables, shooting through gullies for action, high-impact shots.... I think it gives it a real scale and cinematic quality."....B. "Shepzoy" (6 minutes) Commentators include Ashley Pharoah, Nicholas Woodeson (plays Rev. Denning), Dee Gregson (location manager), Colin Morgan, Pat Campbell (production designer), Malcolm Storry, Charlotte Spencer, Tim Barker (sound), Talullah Rose Haddon (plays Harriet), Kerrie Hayes and John Collin (National Trust).Horton Court, standing in for Shepzoy House, is supposedly haunted. Ashley Pharoah describes filming the "ouija board scene. As soon as Colin started saying the lines from the script, you know, 'Is there anybody here?', papers flung off the desk."....C. "Behind the Scenes" (9 minutes) Commentators include Ashley Pharoah, Charlotte Spencer, Colin Morgan, Malcom Storry and Kerrie Hayes. Pharoah says, "The way I sold it to BBC was 'Thomas Hardy with Ghosts'. "Trivia: Horton Court, a National Trust holding in Gloucester, stood in for Nathan and Charlotte's Shepzoy House. It has been owned by many different families. Records aren't clear, but the hall is Norman and believed to have been built around 1150. Horton Court was also used as a location in the series "Wolf Hall". As it is currently empty and not open to the public, a film company can do a lot with the interiors to make it look different for each series. See if you can catch the carving over the front door, especially the two sorry-looking mermaids.Trivia Two: I was fascinated by the traction engine shown. It seemed rather cumbersome to me and not much faster than a horse-drawn plow. However, according to wikipedia, the traction engine "revolutionized agriculture" and "became popular in industrialized countries from around 1850." This means that Shepzoy House in 1894 really was behind the times.Happy Reader