Kate and Michael finish their work on Alice's case in France but are shocked when an indicted Rwandan and Congolese war criminal, Patrice Ganimana, implicated in the Genocide, arrives in the UK. Excited by the chance to prosecute him, Michael is unsettled to learn that an old rival is handling his defence. Meanwhile this new arrival prompts Alice Munezero to delay her own return to Rwanda. As difficulties multiply for an extradition of Ganimana to the International Criminal Court, Kate and Michael's relationship begins to fray.

Black Earth Rising Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - In Other News
• s01e02 - Looking at the Past
• s01e03 - A Ghost in Name
• s01e04 - A Bowl of Cornflakes
• s01e05 - The Eyes of the Devil
• s01e06 - The Game's True Nature
• s01e07 - Double Bogey on the Ninth
• s01e08 - The Forgiving Earth

Black Earth Rising Show Summary

The story centers on Kate Ashby, who works as a legal investigator in the law chambers of Michael Ennis. When Kate's adoptive mother Eve takes on a case prosecuting an African militia leader, the story pulls Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever.