Undercover Brits: 'Under the Banner of Heaven'

In this installment of Undercover Brits, we're looking at a uniquely American story that FX turned into a miniseries earlier this year. Based on Jon Krakauer's book, Under the Banner of Heaven, we are presented with the juxtaposition of two histories: the origin and evolution of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a 1984 real-life double murder committed in Utah by men who subscribed to a fundamentalist version of Mormonism. In addition to a tense mystery and an examination of a good man's faith, we also found that UTBOH contains a fair number of actors from the UK and Ireland.

Andrew Garfield

The immensely talented Mr. Garfield, Emmy nominated for this performance, plays the story's main protagonist, Detective Jeb Pyre. A loving husband, son, and father, Jeb has a strong and unquestioning faith that is mightily tested when he investigates the gruesome murder of an LDS mother and her young daughter. (Pyre was invented by showrunner Dustin Lance Black, out of respect for the actual detective on the case, who didn't wish to be identified.)