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b'\\u201cThe Lazarus Project\\u201d is a riveting eight-hour drama that follows George, the latest recruit to The Lazarus Project \\u2013 a secret organization that has harnessed the ability to turn back time whenever the world is at the threat of extinction. George and his colleagues are the few people on Earth with the ability to remember the events that are undone when time goes back. But when a freak accident harms someone close to George, Lazarus won\\u2019t let him turn back time to undo it unless there is the threat of global extinction. Now George must choose to stay loyal or go rogue as he faces the question of: if you had the power to re-write your past, what would you sacrifice to do it? "The Lazarus Project" explores our desire to take charge of what is beyond our control and is a moving story of love and fate within a gripping action thriller that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

The series stars Emmy\\xae Award and BAFTA-nominated Paapa Essiedu (\\u201cI May Destroy You\\u201d), Anjli Mohindra (\\u201cBodyguard\\u201d), Tom Burke (\\u201cStrike\\u201d), Caroline Quentin (\\u201cBridgerton\\u201d), Rudi Dharmalingam (\\u201cWakefield\\u201d), and Charly Clive (\\u201cPure\\u201d).

Paapa\\u2019s character, George, is a quick-thinking and witty \\u2018everyman\\u2019 who finds himself in an extraordinary situation when he starts to relive the same few weeks over and over again. When he is recruited by this secret organization that can turn back time, he finds his moral code tested to the limit.

Paapa Essiedu is an English actor known for his performance in the BBC One miniseries I May Destroy You, produced by Micaela Coel, where he received Primetime Emmy and British Academy Television Award nominations. He won the 2016 Ian Charleson Award for his roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Hamlet and King Lear. Born in 1990 Walthamstow, North-East London, Essiedu grew up in East London with his mother, who was a fashion and design teacher. His family comes from Ghana, where he has a half brother and sister. He won a scholarship to The Forest School, Walthamstow and his ambition as he grew older was to become a doctor. Essiedu became more involved with Shakespeare when he was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Perhaps Essiedu\'s most famous Shakespeare role was for the lead character in Royal Shakespeare Company\'s Hamlet in 2016.
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