Black Narcissus: Gemma Arterton drama looks set to become Christmas 2020’s most enthralling thriller

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Psychological thriller Black Narcissus looks to be one of the biggest shows on TV this Christmas. Starring Gemma Arterton, Jim Broadbent and the late Diana Rigg, the three-part series will air on three consecutive nights from Sunday 27 December, with viewers sure to be enthralled by the show’s seductive world. The film version starred Deborah Kerr and Kathleen Byron and won multiple Academy Awards, with Martin Scorsese hailing it as “one of the first truly erotic films” and a key inspiration for 2010’s Shutter Island. Black Narcissus is set in the 1930s and tells the story of a group of Anglican nuns led by Sister Clodagh, who are sent to establish a new church in the remote Himalayas.