• StatusEnded
  • Rating7
  • Created by:Mervyn Peake, Malcolm McKay
  • Production
    CompaniesBBC, Chum Television
  • GenreDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Episode
    Runtime60mins
  • First Air
    Date2000-01-17
  • NetworksBBC Two

Overview

At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.

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Celia Imrie

Ian Richardson

Neve McIntosh

Christopher Lee

Richard Griffiths

Lynsey Baxter

June Brown

Fiona Shaw

Spike Milligan

Warren Mitchell

Eric Sykes

Steve Pemberton

Stephen Fry

Gregor Fisher

Zoë Wanamaker

John Sessions

Olga Sosnovska

Mark Williams

Windsor Davies

James Dreyfus

Sean Hughes

George Antoni

Andrew Robertson