Gormenghast Based on the novels Titus Groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Cast | Production Credits | Web Credits Cast Lady Gertrude Celia Imrie Dr Prunesquallor John Sessions Barquentine Warren Mitchell Lord Groan Ian Richardson Fuchsia Neve Mcintosh Nannie Slagg June Brown Flay Christopher Lee Swelter Richard Griffiths Steerpike Jonathan Rhys Meyers Clarice Zoë Wanamaker Cora Lynsey Baxter Irma Prunesquallor Fiona Shaw Bookman George Yiasoumi Keda Olga Sosnovska Mollocks Eric Sykes Poet Sean Hughes Rottcodd Windsor Davies Titus Cameron Powrie Andrew N. Robertson Professor Bellgrove Stephen Fry Professor Perch Mark Williams Professor Fluke James Dreyfus Professor Shred Phil Comwell Professor Mule Steve Pemberton Professor Flower Martin Clunes D'Eath Spike Milligan The Fly Gregor Fisher Doggit Lewis Rose Boatman Tim Barlow Wild Girl Caroline Nelson Daniela Zocchi Production Credits Producer Estelle Daniel Director Andy Wilson Screenwriter Malcolm McKay Production Designer Christopher Hobbs Costume Designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux Director of Photography Gavin Finney Executive Producers/BBC Michael Wearing Hilary Salmon Executive Producer/BBC America Paul Lee Executive Producer/WGBH Boston Rebecca Eaton Production Manager David Mason Location Manager Peter Tullo Script Supervisor Karen Jones Second Asst Director Giles Butler Third Asst Director Alex Gibb Floor Runner Nicholas Hopkins Production Executive Howard Kingston Production Co-ordinator Phyl Allarie Production Accountant Sarah Fisher Asst Prod Accountant Peter Eardley Asst to the Producer Ashley Russell Producer's Secretary Eleanor Watmore Production Runner Chris Dall Camera Operator Mike Proudfoot Focus Puller Simon Finney Clapper Loader Rod Marley Camera Grip Tony Turner Crane Grip Dick Lee Gaffer Terry Hunt Best Boy Richard Potter Camera Trainee Pip Hare Electricians Phil Penfold Dick Conway Tommy Brown Graham Driscoll Rigging Gaffer Tony Hannington Standby Rigger Robert Diebelius Senior Art Director Andrew Munro Art Director David Hindle Asst Art Directors Ben Smith Tom Wales Art Dept Assts Ben Munro Jenny Edwards Art Dept Runner Zoë Smith Scenic Artist Ron King Model-maker Mark Copeland Storyboard Artist Paul Gamer Graphic Design Christine Buittner Production Buyer Trisha Edwards Construction Manager Alan Chesters Supervising Carpenter Ned Kelly Property Master Ray Perry Standby Props Wesley Peppiatt Joshua Crikher Storeman Paul Bradburn Dressing Props Danny Evans lan Young Standby Carpenter Steve Rogers Standby Painter Robert Betts Standby Stagehand Terry Meadows Costume Design Assts Marion Weise Carin Hoff Wardrobe Assts Samantha Mealing Sara Meek Barbara Harrington Make-up Artists Sandra Shepherd Diane Chenery-Wickens Julie Dartnell Hairdresser Liz Michie Prosthetics Make-up David White Second Unit Director Matthew Cope Model Unit Camera Nigel Stone Special Effects Tom Harris Visual Effects Supervisor Simon Giles Stunt Coordinator Andy Bradford Animal Consultants Steve Harty Sue Clark Movement Coach Hilary Westlake Swordmaster Richard Bonehill Sound Recordist Alistair Crocker Boom Operator Keith Batten Dubbing Mixer Paul Carr Dubbing Editors Lee Critchlow Jon Hemming Mike Redfern Assembly Editor Mark Gravil Asst Film Editor Angela Bailey Voice Coach Andrew Jack Casting Director Marilyn Johnson Script Editor Mark Sparrow Line Producer Al Burgess Make-up Designers Joan Hills Christine Greenwood Film Editor Paul Tothill Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex, England Music composed by Richard Rodney Bennett. Played by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by John Harle. Assistant to the composer was John Wilson. Choral Music by John Tavener, played by the Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Paul Goodwin, with the Temple Church Choir directed by Stephen Layton. Gormenghast is a BBC America /WGBH Boston coproduction for PBS in association with CHUM Television Companion book, The Gormenghast Novels, available from Overlook Press Home video and DVD available from BBC Video www.bbcamericashop.com or call 1-800-216-1BBC Gormenghast is closed-captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers by The Caption Center at WGBH. A special narration track is added to the series by Descriptive Video Service® (DVS®), a service of WGBH which provides access to people who are blind or visually impaired. The DVS narration is available on the SAP channel of stereo TVs and VCRs. Web credits Senior Producer Louise Weber Designer Tyler Howe Senior Developer Molly Frey Content producer Caitlin O'Neil Research assistant Jessica Cavano Editorial review Julie Wolf Grateful thanks for their invaluable contributions to Sebastian Peake Estelle Daniel Andy Wilson Christopher Hobbs Odile Dicks-Mireaux Emma Shackleton Howard Kingston Lynn Burtenshaw Veronique Baxter Images courtesy of The Estate of Mervyn Peake The British Broadcasting Corporation The Estate of C.S. Lewis Text courtesy of HarperCollins Entertainment The Art of Gormenghast by Estelle Daniel, 2000 Distributed in the United States by Trafalger Books Letter to Mervyn Peake by C.S. Lewis copyright © C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Extract used by permission. For more information on C.S. Lewis, visit www.cslewisclassics.com and www.narnia.com. WGBH is America's preeminent public broadcasting producer. 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