Gormenghast - Season 1 - Eps 2: Part 2
Steerpike rescues the Groan family from the burning library and is the hero of the hour. Sepulchrave Groan goes mad with grief over the loss of his library. Believing he is an owl, he releases the owls in the Tower, and they attack and kill him. Titus becomes Earl of Groan. Flay annoys Lady Groan and is ordered out of the castle. He observes from afar the new Earl's coronation, at which Steerpike cuts a prominent figure.
About Gormenghast
Title: Gormenghast
First Air Date: 2000-01-17
Last Air Date: 2000-02-07
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.9/10 (from 29 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 4
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: BBC, Chum Television
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Steerpike
Celia Imrie
Lady Gertrude
Ian Richardson
Lord Groan
Neve McIntosh
Lady Fuchsia
Christopher Lee
Flay
Richard Griffiths
Swelter
Lynsey Baxter
June Brown
Nannie Slagg
Fiona Shaw
Irma Prunesquallor
Spike Milligan
