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Lucan
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Review
by
Alison Graham
Lord “Lucky”
Lucan
, a blandly handsome, impecunious professional gambler, remains at the heart of the most infamous of all British crime mysteries. After the murder of his children’s nanny Sandra Rivett on 7 November 1974, Lucan apparently vanished without trace and the British public’s fascination with his fate has never dimmed.
In Jeff Pope’s necessarily dry, flat and inexorable drama, a lavishly moustachioed Rory Kinnear adds another remarkable performance to his portfolio in the title role. He plays Lucan with a certain blankness, signalling a curious, unknowable man who, during a bitter custody battle for his three children after the collapse of his marriage, became poisoned by hatred of his wife Veronica (Catherine McCormack).
We follow Lucan as he spirals from casual cruelty to planning her brutal killing, goaded by his gambling buddy, zoo owner John Aspinall (an extraordinary performance from Christopher Eccleston).
Summary
First of a two-part drama written by Jeff Pope, based on the life of flamboyant aristocrat Lord Lucan. In 1974, with escalating gambling debts and his marriage collapsing, Lucan becomes obsessed with regaining custody of his children. On one fateful night in November that year, the youngsters' nanny Sandra Rivett is bludgeoned to death in the basement of the family home in London's Belgravia district - and the earl is never seen again. Starring Rory Kinnear, with Christopher Eccleston, Catherine McCormack, Michael Gambon, Paul Freeman, Rupert Evans, Gemma Jones and Leanne Best.
Cast & Crew
Lord Lucan
Rory Kinnear
Lady Veronica Lucan
Catherine McCormack
John Aspinall
Christopher Eccleston
John Burke
Michael Gambon
John Pearson
Paul Freeman
Susie Maxwell-Scott
Jane Lapotaire
Dowager Duchess of Lucan
Gemma Jones
Dominic Elwes
Rupert Evans
Sandra Rivett
Leanne Best
Lady Osborne
Ann Bell
Bill Shand-Kydd
Andrew Woodall
Christine Shand-Kydd
Claudia Harrison
Jimmy Goldsmith
Alistair Petrie
Nanny Roberts
Ruth McCabe
Younger Susie Maxwell-Scott
Helen Bradbury
Ian Maxwell-Scott
Alan Cox
Kiki
Olivia Llewellyn
Younger John Burke
Rufus Wright
Jane Aspinall
Anna Walton
Coles
Miles Richardson
Gleaves
Tristram Wymark
Annabel Birley
Annabel Mullion
Charlie Benson
James Bradshaw
Frances
Mabel Watson
George
Leo Hart
Dr Flood
Michael Mueller
Billy
Glyn Grimstead
Ulrich
Aleksandar Mikic
Doctor
John Albasiny
Judge
Stuart Organ
Director
Adrian Shergold
Executive Producer
Francis Hopkinson
Producer
Chris Clough
Writer
Jeff Pope
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