Heat of the Sun

Season 1

Filmed on location in Africa, this lavish series is set in the glamorous colonial high society of Kenya in the 1930s. Trevor Eve ("The Politician's Wife") stars as a straight-talking policeman whose methods are viewed with suspicion and rivalry by the cozy expatriate community, as he uncovers a murky web of murders, arson and drug dealing.

IMDb 7.919993 episodes

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S1 E1 - Private Lives
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January 28, 1998
1 h 41 min
16+
After shooting a child killer who was deemed untouchable, Scotland Yard's Albert Tyburn is sent to 1930s Kenya to head a new criminal division of the small police force in Nairobi. He investigates the death of Lady Daphne Ellesmere as a murder, though his boss Commissioner Burkitt and the coroner insist her death by lion attack was an accident.
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S1 E2 - Hide in Plain Sight
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February 4, 1998
1 h 42 min
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Tyburn and his new assistant Valentine investigate the murder of a Native woman and a reported Native attack on a local mission. Meanwhile, Burkitt orders Tyburn to arrest all the Native prostitutes in order to clear the streets before the expected visit of Edward, the Prince of Wales; Tyburn struggles to house them all.
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S1 E3 - The Sport of Kings
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February 11, 1998
1 h 41 min
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After defeating a charge of murdering a young African man who worked for him and losing an important horse race, wealthy and powerful Max Van der Vuurst is found dead in what appears to be an accidental fire at his house. Tyburn must work with colonial troops to rescue a town besieged by raiders to collar their prime suspect.
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