True Detective: Night Country - from Jodie Foster to Christopher Eccleston, who's playing who?

The fourth season of the blockbuster anthology series True Detective is here, and this time around the action is relocating from mainland America to the frigid winter ice of the Arctic Circle. In the town of Ennis, Alaska, something dark is stirring, as eight scientists have mysteriously gone missing from their research facility. Is something dark afoot? Of course it is.

With Jodie Foster at the helm of the show playing Detective Liz Danvers, the series already promises to be exciting – but she’s also backed up by a stellar supporting cast, many of whom are also familiar faces.

Liz Danvers, played by Jodie Foster

Liz Danvers is one of the two main characters in . She is a Detective with the Ennis police force, sent up north after falling out with her former bosses elsewhere. She’s also a bit of a live wire: prickly, aggressive and traumatised from several undisclosed events in her past. She’s also a reluctant stepmother