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Overview

Wolf is a six-part British television miniseries, based on the Jack Caffery novels by Mo Hayder. It was made for BBC One and BBC Wales. Wolf began airing on BBC One, BBC Wales and BBC iPlayer on 31 July 2023. Synopsis DI Jack Caffery becomes obsessed with the neighbour he believes murdered his 10-year-old brother during the 1990s. Meanwhile, in Monmouthshire a wealthy isolated family find themselves victimised, trapped and terrorised by someone’s cruel games. Cast Ukweli Roach as DI Jack Caffrey Iwan Rheon as Molina Sacha Dhawan as Honey Sian Reese-Williams as DI Maia Lincoln Juliet Stevenson as Matilda Anchor-Ferrers Owen Teale as Oliver Anchor-Ferrers Annes Elwy as Lucia Anchor-Ferrers Ciarán Joyce as DI Prody Emily Adara as Sophie Zadeiah Campbell-Davies as Emily Production The series is based on Mo Hayder's Jack Caffery novels. It was written and adapted by Megan Gallagher and produced by Hartswood Films and APC Studios. The production was funded through Creative Wales and BBC Wales. Kristoffer Nyholm directed the first three episodes, with Lee Haven Jones directing the final three. Executive producers were Elaine Cameron for Hartswood Films, Laurent Boissel for APC Studios and Ben Irving for the BBC.

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Notable quotes

“What does the wolf care if the sheep-fold be destroyed?”
— As quoted in John Lewis Burckhardt and William Ouseley, Arabic Proverbs: Or, The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, (1830).
“"I will not bite any dog," says the shepherd's dog, "for I must save my teeth for the wolf."”
— As quoted in Henry G. Bohn, A polyglot of foreign proverbs, (1857).
“A wolf pays no attention to a dog's barking.”
— As quoted in Will Graves, Wolves in Russia: Anxiety throughout the Ages, (2007).
“It is only one wolf, but it is howling with hunger in the bush.”
— As quoted in Will Graves, Wolves in Russia: Anxiety throughout the Ages, (2007).
“You will make your count, but a wolf will come and make its own count.”
— As quoted in Will Graves, Wolves in Russia: Anxiety throughout the Ages, (2007).
“A wolf is handsome in the eyes of a lovesick girl.”
— English proverb, as quoted in Mineke Schipper, Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet: Women in Proverbs from around the World, (2003).

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