7.3/10242 votes#1 - In Other News
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2018
As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. She was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, but is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when a controversial militia leader, who had once fought to stop the genocide, is captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eve takes on his prosecution at the International Criminal Court.
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
8.0/10206 votes#2 - Looking at the Past
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2018
Eve's case prosecuting Simon Nyamoya begins at the International Criminal Court, but a shocking incident changes everything. To try and uncover the truth behind these events, Michael Ennis launches a new case and turns to Kate for help. They will be defending Alice Munezero, a Rwandan government official and an old friend of Michael and Eve's. Alice stands accused of a historic war crime - the murder of a French priest in Rwanda in 1994.
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
7.7/10186 votes#3 - A Ghost in Name
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/2018
Still struggling with grief, Kate works with Michael to defend Alice Munezero from the charges laid against her in France. As shadowy forces try to prevent the truth being unearthed, Kate faces threats to her personal safety. Meanwhile Michael struggles with his health back in London. Can they both continue forward to gain an acquittal for Alice?
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
7.3/10175 votes#4 - A Bowl of Cornflakes
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/2018
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.
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
7.4/10166 votes#5 - The Eyes of the Devil
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/2018
Blake Gaines, who has been handling Ganimana's defence, seems in danger of falling foul of those paying his legal fees. Alice Munezero tells Michael, for the first time, of her connection to the Rwandan president - Bibi Mundanzi. Meanwhile, Kate's rift with Michael deepens, and she becomes increasingly driven to help extradite Ganimana to face justice.
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
7.5/10150 votes#6 - The Game's True Nature
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2018
Patrice Ganimana's warnings about Kate's safety are borne out when Kate and Alice are both attacked. But Kate, nevertheless, continues her search for the case file her mother had prepared against Ganimana years before. But are establishment forces somehow closing ranks to impede bringing Ganimana to justice?
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
7.7/10147 votes#7 - Double Bogey on the Ninth
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/2018
Kate and Florence return to the UK to continue the search for Eve Ashby's case file against Patrice Ganimana. But someone is ahead of them, stopping at nothing to kill and terrorise their way to the missing evidence. Meanwhile Michael in the UK, Alice Munezero in Rwanda and Eunice Clayton in the US believe the time has finally come to reveal the truth about a long-buried crime, which in turn exposes Kate to a dark truth about her own past.
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
7.6/10152 votes#8 - The Forgiving Earth
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2018
In Rwanda, Alice Munezero languishes in custody. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kate fights against hostile locals as well as international forces to prove the truth of her personal history. Meanwhile in London, Michael delves into a deep political and financial conspiracy. Can he expose this in time, while Kate fights for her very life in an explosive climax?
Director: Hugo Blick
Writer: Hugo Blick
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As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of...
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Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"In Other News" is the best rated episode of "Black Earth Rising" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 242 votes. Directed by Hugo Blick and written by Hugo Blick, it aired on 9/10/2018. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Looking at the Past".