Series

Gormenghast 2000

Created by Mervyn Peake, Malcolm McKay

  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy, Action & Adventure
  • 60 min episodes
  • 1 season
  • 4 episodes
  • Ended

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.

Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryComedyAction & Adventurebased on novel or bookcastleminiseriesBBC Two

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