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| Created by | Harlan Coben Danny Brocklehurst |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producer | Matt Strevens |
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| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | 22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) |
Lazarus, also known asHarlan Coben's Lazarus, is a Britishhorror-thriller televisionminiseries forAmazon Prime Video created byHarlan Coben andDanny Brocklehurst, and starringBill Nighy,Alexandra Roach andSam Claflin. It premiered on 22 October 2025.
The series follows forensic psychiatrist Joel Lazarus (Claflin), who returns to his family home following the apparent suicide of his estranged father, Jonathan (Nighy), also a psychiatrist. Joel is still haunted by the unsolved murder of his sister, which occurred 25 years prior.[2]
Convinced that his father would not have taken his own life, Joel begins experiencing unsettling phenomena and disturbing visions.[3] These events compel him to dig into his father's old files, uncovering a series of cold cases that may be connected to what truly happened to his father and his sister.[3][2]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 101 | Wayne Che Yip | Harlan Coben &Danny Brocklehurst | 22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) |
| 2 | 102 | Wayne Che Yip | Danny Brocklehurst | 22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) |
| 3 | 103 | Nicole Volavka | Tom Farrelly | 22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) |
| 4 | 104 | Nicole Volavka | Megan Gallagher | 22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) |
| 5 | 105 | Daniel O'Hara | Mick Ford | 22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) |
| 6 | 106 | Daniel O'Hara | Danny Brocklehurst | 22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) |
It was reported in February 2024 thatAmazon MGM Studios would produce the series in association withHarlan Coben's Final Twist Productions. Coben andDanny Brocklehurst are writers and executive producers on the series.Sam Claflin who also starred,Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee executive produced via Quay Street Productions.Wayne Che Yip executive produced the series and directed on the first two episodes. Matt Strevens served as series producer for Quay Street Productions.[4]
Bill Nighy andAlexandra Roach were reported to be cast alongside Sam Claflin in February 2024.[5] In June 2024,Roisin Gallagher,David Fynn,Karla Crome,Kate Ashfield and Curtis Tennant were added to the cast.[6]
Filming got underway inManchester in February 2024.[7]Liverpool was used for some of the location filming, with the city'sGeorgian Quarter,Stanley Dock andSefton Park being utilised.[8] Filming also took place inMorecambe.[9] Thewrap party was held in Manchester on 21 June 2024.
Lazarus premiered on 22 October 2025, with all six episodes.[10]
The review aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes reported a 44% approval rating based on 27 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Harlan Coben's Lazarus delivers emotional performances and a suitably spooky mood, but its clunky dialogue and increasingly preposterous plotting turn it into a fundamentally underwhelming slog."[11]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 53 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average".[12]
