This first ever drama commission by Discovery Networks tells the story the mysterious man and his dark world in a factual based drama. In this age of global terror, the predictions of Nostradamus continue to strike a chord. But despite being one of the most famous people in the world, he life has become surrounded by myth and speculation. Nostradamus reveals his beginnings as a seer, taught by his grandfather in the France of the Middle Ages. Practicing as an apothecary, he is imprisoned as an heritic by the Inquistion. Later, after working as an apothecary in plague struck France, he is summoned by the Queen, who has heard that his predictions bear a startling resemblance to her own disturbing dreams about the death of her husband.
Starring Oliver Dinsdale as Nostradamus and Kerry Fox as the Queen.
Writer: John Milne;
Director: Bryn Jones;
Producer Hal Vogel;
Executive Producer: David Aukin.