Exclusive: Two of Britain’s top actors are to pair up in the latest BBC Christmas Ghost Story special. bridal chamber.
Martin Freeman (the hobbit, sherlock) and Jim Broadbent (Harold Fry’s unexpected pilgrimage, bridget jones) will star alongside Adrian Scarborough in the Dickensian tale (chelsea detective, gavin and stacey), Joe Armstrong (happy Valley, hollow crown), India Fowler (Agency, Fear Street: Prom Queen) and Lewis Shepherd (dear england, linley).
bridal chamber Considered one of Charles Dickens’s darkest stories and originally published in 1858. Set in the same year, it tells the story of a spurned and vengeful lover who betrays a young woman and marries her in order to claim the fortune. However, his murderous plan creates its own purgatory.
As is tradition at the BBC, Mark Gatiss produced the special, which is the ninth and now a staple of British TV festive season specials.
Last year there was an adaptation of EF Benson room in the towerwith E. Nesbitt woman of stone Last year and Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249 Completing the last three Christmases.
Principal photography underway bridal chamber It took place on location at Ingatestone Hall in Essex, UK earlier this year. The special will air on BBC Two and stream on BBC iPlayer during the festival. Adorable Media is producing and BBC Studios is handling international distribution. Isibile Ballance is the creator of Adorable and Mark Bell is the BBC Commissioning Editor.
Production rejoins Gatiss sherlock Co-star Freeman. Gatiss was a co-creator of the BBC show and played Mycroft Holmes, while Freeman played Sherlock’s assistant, Dr. John Watson. Gatiss also appeared with Broadbent in the BBC thriller london detectiveAnd both men had roles game of ThronesNever shared screen time though.
Gatiss said, “It’s unusual to find a Dickens rarity, but this is it.” “A strange and nasty little treasure hidden within a work co-written with the great Wilkie Collins. A terrifying tale of a lonely inn, a secret traveler and twisted passion. Merry Christmas!”
For the BBC, a batch of Dickens-themed programs will run this winter, including a three-part doc exploring how the influential British author drew creative inspiration from the streets of Victorian London after dark, with Kit Harington starring in an adaptation. A Tale of Two Cities.