Review: Is the supernatural thriller series Possession worth watching?

Possession Des Willie/Sky deep dive review The new miniseries is streaming on Sky now. THE HORRIFYING HISTORY of British slavery in the Caribbean is ripe for continued exploration on screen, and in the new Sky series Possession the story of one plantation is given a supernatural thriller twist. At the story’s centre is British-Jamaican lawyer Claudia (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who is tasked with uncovering why her client Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller) has been replaced on his father’s will by an unknown Jamaican man Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd). Connaught’s family owned Hope Hill House, a plantation where many slaves were kept and mistreated. But who is Cudjoe East, and why is he replacing the presumed heir to the property? Claudia – played by Mbatha-Raw as uptight and reserved, wide-eyed a