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Period drama adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens. Opium addict and choirmaster John Jasper's obsessive desire for his nephew's fiancée Rosa drives him to destruction.

A two-part period drama adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.

Opium addict and choirmaster John Jasper has vivid dreams of killing his beloved nephew Edwin Drood and stealing his fiancée Rosa. When two exotic strangers arrive in town, Jasper's dark desires take shape and his life will never be the same again.

1 hour

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Sat 22 Dec 201223:00
BBC Two Wales & Scotland only

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Credits

ProducerLisa Osborne
DirectorDiarmuid Lawrence
Executive ProducerAnne Pivcevic
WriterGwyneth Hughes
AuthorCharles Dickens
John JasperMatthew Rhys
Princess PufferEllie Haddington
Rosa BudTamzin Merchant
Edwin DroodFreddie Fox
Revd CrisparkleRory Kinnear
Miss TwinkletonJanet Dale
Mrs CrisparkleJulia McKenzie
DurdlesRon Cook
Mayor SapseaIan McNeice
Helena LandlessAmber Rose Revah
Neville LandlessSacha Dhawan
Mr GrewgiousAlun Armstrong
DeputyAlfie Davis
Schoolgirl 1Naomi Sheldon
Schoolgirl 2Eleanor Yates
MaidJosie Farmiloe

Broadcasts

  • Tue 10 Jan 201221:00
    BBC HD & BBC Two
  • Tue 17 Jan 201201:25
    BBC One
  • Mon 23 Jan 201200:30
    BBC HD
  • Sat 22 Dec 201222:00
    BBC Two England & Northern Ireland only
  • Sat 22 Dec 201223:00
    BBC Two Wales & Scotland only