Gormenghast - Season 1 - Eps 4: Part 4
The elderly Barquentine clings onto his office. Frustrated, Steerpike kills him by fire, but he is left with his own face badly burnt. However, he takes over running the castle and continues to woo Fuchsia. Flay returns from exile and joins forces with Titus against Steerpike. They find him with the skeletons of Clarice and Cora, and Steerpike kills Flay and escapes. As Titus hunts Steerpike, Fuchsia refuses to hide him, killing herself instead. Titus and Steerpike fight to the death.
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