Black Narcissus has released its first trailer, and the new BBC/FX drama promises everything from "paradise" and "perversion" to "sanctuary" and "sin".Apple Tree Yard and The Trial of Christine Keeler writer Amanda Coe is behind the TV adaptation, which has been adapted from Rumer Godden's 1939 novel of the same name.
Set in the 1930s, Black Narcissus tells a tale of sexual repression and forbidden love as a group of nuns, including Sister Clodagh (played by Gemma Arterton), travel from their British convent to Nepal to set up a branch of their order in the remote palace of Mopu.The group end up in the so-called House of Women, a place of sensuality where Sister Clodagh becomes increasingly attracted to handsome land agent Mr Dean.
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