The Secret Of Crickley Hall
BBC1 Sunday 18th Nov 9pm - 10pmIf you are a sucker for haunted house mysteries, then this adaptation of James Herbert’s novel will transport you into dark delights. Everything is packed in, every horror trope, every shock tactic — a lightning storm, mysterious footsteps, doors opening by themselves, disembodied voices, the lot. It even has wildly over-the-top, spookily discordant music that will make you involuntarily jab the air like Norman Bates’s knife-wielding “mother”.
Suranne Jones and Tom Ellis play Eve and Gabe Caleigh, a couple tormented by the disappearance of their five-year-old son, Cam. As the first anniversary of his abduction approaches, the Caleighs take their two remaining children to Crickley Hall to escape — they hope — bad memories.
But, as we see in a parallel story, Crickley Hall is a troubled place, once home to a Second World War orphanage run by a sadistic brother and sister. And some of the unhappy children haven’t left…
1/3. New series. Drama following parallel storylines that chronicle strange events at a mysterious building where secrets from the past threaten the sanity of its modern-day inhabitants. London couple Eve and Gabe relocate to the North with their daughters in an attempt to get over the disappearance of their young son a year earlier. They move into the grand old Crickley Hall, where it is hoped the change of scenery will give Eve some comfort - but before long, strange things start to happen. Meanwhile, in 1943, Nancy begins work as a tutor at the Crickley Hall orphanage. But as she gets to know the children better, she becomes concerned for their welfare - and suspicious of the mysterious manager Augustus Cribben. Suranne Jones, Tom Ellis, David Warner, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Henshall and Sarah Smart star. Based on the novel by James Herbert.
CAST AND CREW Eve CaleighSuranne Jones
Gabe CaleighTom Ellis
Augustus CribbenDouglas Henshall
Percy JuddDavid Warner
Magda CribbenSarah Smart
Young PercyIain de Caestecker
Nancy LinnetOlivia Cooke
Loren CaleighMaisie Williams
Maurice StaffordBill Milner
Cally CaleighPixie Davies
Stefan RosenbaumKian Parsiani
Reverend AndrewNick Sidi
Susan TrainerFern Deacon
Cam CaleighElliot Kerley
PublicanPaul Clayton
TeacherVelile Tshabalala
BullyShannon BeerCrew
Adapted ByJoe Ahearne
DirectorJoe Ahearne
ProducerAnn Harrison-Baxter
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