Lucan (video)

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Starts Wednesday 11 December at 9pm on ITV

Lucan is a thrilling new two-part drama based on the life of flamboyant aristocrat, Lord Lucan, and written by award-winning writer, Jeff Pope.

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Rory Kinnear (Southcliffe, Loving Miss Hatto, Skyfall) plays Lucan whilst Christopher Eccleston (Song for Marion, Blackout, The Shadow Line) takes the role of John Aspinall.

The drama will tell the story of Lucan's exploits as a member of the infamous Clermont set and will focus on his marriage collapse to Veronica (Catherine McCormack), the Countess of Lucan.

With his marriage disintegrating, Lucan became obsessed with regaining custody of his children. Ultimately the drama will reveal what happened on that fateful night in November 1974 when his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett (Leanne Best), was cruelly bludgeoned to death in the basement of the family's home in London's Lower Belgrave Street.

To this day Lucan is thought to have mistaken Sandra for his wife Veronica, whom he blamed for the fractures in his family life. His whereabouts and eventual fate have remained a mystery for nearly four decades, captivating and intriguing the public whose fascination with Lucan is undiminished.

The drama is inspired by and based upon the book, The Gamblers, written by author John Pearson who conducted exhaustive interviews with those most closely connected to Lucan at the time of Sandra's murder. Pearson gained unprecedented access to Lucan's friends and acquaintances from the Clermont Club who helped him try to piece together the Earl's movements on the evening of 7 November. Once the dreadful murder had taken place they speculated on how Lucan might have escaped the police search, and what might have ultimately been his fate.

Michael Gambon plays older Burke, Paul Freeman plays John Pearson, Rupert Evans plays Dominic Elwes, Jane Lapotaire plays Susie Maxwell Scott and Gemma Jones plays Lucan's mother Dowager Countess.

Cast:

Lord Lucan - Rory Kinnear

John Aspinall - Christopher Eccleston

Veronica Lucan - Catherine McCormack

Older John Burke - Michael Gambon

John Pearson - Paul Freeman

Older Susie Maxwell Scott - Jane Lapotaire

Ian Maxwell Scott - Alan Cox

Susie Maxwell Scott - Helen Bradbury

Dowager Countess - Gemma Jones

Lady Osborne - Ann Bell

Sandra Rivett - Leanne Best

Dominick Elwes - Rupert Evans

Jimmy Goldsmith - Alistair Petrie

John Burke - Rufus Wright

Susie Maxwell-Scott - Helen Bradbury

Annabel Birley - Annabel Mullion

Jane Hastings - Anna Walton

Charlie Benson - James Bradshaw

Ulrich - Aleksandar Mikic

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