GenreThriller Composer(s)Ben Bartlett Initial release11 December 2013 First episode date11 December 2013 Number of episodes2
Based onThe Gamblers by John Pearson StarringRory Kinnear
Catherine McCormack
Christopher Eccleston SimilarThe Penitent Man, My Love Came Back, La Guerre Du Royal Palace, Eltern, Castles in the Sky
Lucan is a two part television movie which debuted on ITV on 11 December 2013. It stars Rory Kinnear as John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 18 December 1934), popularly known as Lord Lucan, a British peer and suspected murderer, who disappeared without trace early on 8 November 1974. The film was written by Jeff Pope and directed by Adrian Shergold.
Cast
Paul Freeman as John Pearson
Rory Kinnear as John, Earl of Lucan
Christopher Eccleston as John Aspinall
Rufus Wright as Younger John Burke
Rupert Evans as Dominick Elwes
James Bradshaw as Charlie Benson
Alan Cox as Ian Maxwell-Scott
Ann Bell as Mary, Lady Osborne
Anna Walton as Jane Aspinall
Michael Gambon as Older John Burke
Alistair Petrie as Jimmy Goldsmith
Catherine McCormack as Veronica, Countess of Lucan
Aleksander Mikic as Ulrich
Jane Lapotaire as Older Susie Maxwell-Scott
Helen Bradbury as Younger Susie Maxwell-Scott
Olivia Llewellyn as Kiki
Ruth McCabe as Nanny Roberts
Gemma Jones as Kaitlin, Dowager Countess of Lucan
Andrew Woodall as Bill Shand-Kydd
Claudia Harrison as Christine Shand-Kydd
Stuart Organ as Mr Justice Rees
Miles Richardson as Bryan Coles
Leanne Best as Sandra Rivett
Annabel Mullion as Annabel Birley
Roger Alborough as Whitehouse
Robert Horwell as Sergeant Donald Baker
Michael Gould as Detective Chief Superintendent Roy Ranson
Cavan Clerkin as Detective Chief Inspector David Gerring
