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.

• Jonathan Rhys Meyers
• Celia Imrie
• Neve McIntosh
• John Sessions
• Fiona Shaw
• Christopher Lee
• Warren Mitchell