Bodies is a British science fiction mystery thriller television miniseries primarily written and created for Netflix by Paul Tomalin and directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and Haolu Wang.

It is based on the 2014-15 DC Vertigo graphic novel of the same name, written by Si Spencer and illustrated by Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Meghan Hetrick and Phil Winslade.

[5] This event happens in the same location in four years – 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053 – and leads to four investigations by Metropolitan Police detectives that eventually become interlinked, with far-reaching consequences.

[5][6] In 2023 London, Detective Sergeant Shahara Hasan spots a young Asian, Syed Tahir, lurking near a far-right demonstration and holding a gun.

In 1941, a mysterious phone call instructs Detective Sergeant Charles Whiteman to retrieve and dispose of an identical body from Longharvest Lane.

Hillinghead and Ashe identify the man in the photo as stockbroker Sir Julian Harker, who strongly resembles Mannix.

Elias Mannix is arrested and tells Hasan that his adoptive parents have knowledge of future events, including of an explosion they claim he will carry out.

Hasan discovers archive case files from Hillinghead and Whiteman's investigations, as well as links between Mannix's adoptive parents, the Morleys, as well as the Harker family.

Hasan breaks into Harker's abandoned home, where Andrew Morley speaks cryptically about being part of a large group on an inevitable path, whose roles are to change the world and future.

Whiteman refuses Hayden's offer of joining the conspiracy and kills Polly and Julian in revenge for Esther's death.

In 1889, Mannix adopts the identity of Sir Julian Harker, an aristocrat who supposedly died in Mandalay during the Third Anglo-Burmese War.

When Hillinghead is arrested, Harker has him killed on his way to HM Prison Pentonville, after which he marries Polly and sires a son, Hayden.

[9] In July 2022, Shira Haas, Stephen Graham, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Kyle Soller, and Amaka Okafor were cast.

[13] Scenes in the fictional Longharvest Lane were filmed at Wentworth Woodhouse, near a minor side entrance in the northwest corner of the house, a section normally unseen by the public.

The website's consensus reads: "Anchored by the indispensable Stephen Graham, Bodies' multiple twisting time strands coalesce into one satisfying binge.

"[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

[16] The Irish Independent notes a recurrence of motifs, words (such as 'Know you are loved') and names (such as 'Harker' and 'Mannix'), akin to the 2012 film Cloud Atlas.