DramaAdventureHistory

Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.

"The true story that inspired The Man Who Would Be King"

Credits

Jonathan Rhys MeyersSir James Brooke

Josie HoMadame Lim

Dominic MonaghanCrookshank

Hannah NewElizabeth Crookshank

Ralph InesonSir Edward Beech