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BBC's Strike Returns: Undercover Investigation into Cult Abuse

12/10/2025

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The BBC's Strike returns for its seventh season, The Running Grave, set to air in 2026 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The season is based on J.K. Rowling's novel written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger reprise their roles as Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, with Robin going undercover to investigate abuse allegations.
The Edensor family seeks to discredit a cult that indoctrinated their son Will.

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Story summary

The BBC's Strike returns for its seventh season, The Running Grave, set to air in 2026 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The season is based on J.K. Rowling's novel written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger reprise their roles as Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, with Robin going undercover to investigate abuse allegations.
The Edensor family seeks to discredit a cult that indoctrinated their son Will.