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The Frankenstein Chronicles

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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of series
  
1

First episode date
  
2015

Genre
  
Drama film

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8.7/10
TV

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
6

Network
  
ITV Encore

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Created by
  
Benjamin Ross Barry Langford

Starring
  
Sean Bean Anna Maxwell Martin Charlie Creed-Miles Eloise Smyth Samuel West Vanessa Kirby Mark Bazeley Tom Ward Ed Stoppard Elliot Cowan Richie Campbell Ryan Sampson Kate Dickie Robbie Gee Steven Berkoff

Program creators
  
Benjamin Ross, Barry Langford

Nominations
  
British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography And Lighting - Fiction

Similar
  
Childhood's End, The Bastard Executioner, Agent X, Gangland Undercover, The Last Kingdom

The Frankenstein Chronicles is a British television drama series that has aired on ITV Encore since 11 November 2015. A&E picked up the series for American television, describing it as "a thrilling and terrifying re-imagining of the Frankenstein Myth set in 19th century London."

Fans of Sean Bean may notice some references to his previous work: the character John Marlott was a soldier in the 2nd Battalion 95th Rifles as was Richard Sharpe and in one scene he is seen to unpack the distinctive green jacket of the Rifle regiment from his belongings. In another scene a suspect Marlott is surveilling is heard humming the tune to "Over the Hills and Far Away", which was the theme to Sharpe.

On 20 June 2016 it was announced that ITV had renewed The Frankenstein Chronicles for a second season.

Cast

  • Sean Bean as John Marlott, a River Police officer
  • Anna Maxwell Martin as Mary Shelley
  • Charlie Creed-Miles as Pritty, a body snatcher
  • Eloise Smyth as Flora, a homeless child
  • Samuel West as Sir William Chester, a renowned surgeon
  • Vanessa Kirby as Lady Jemima Hervey, an empoverished noblewoman, sister to Lord Harvey
  • Mark Bazeley as Gernet Chester, Sir William's cousin, also a surgeon
  • Ed Stoppard as Lord Daniel Hervey, an empoverished nobleman, running a charity hospital
  • Tom Ward as Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary
  • Elliot Cowan as Sir Bentley Warburton, Sir Robert Peel's political rival
  • Richie Campbell as Nightingale, a Bow Street Runner
  • Ryan Sampson as 'Boz', a journalist from The Morning Chronicle
  • Robbie Gee as Billy Oates, a hardened street-smart criminal
  • Kate Dickie as Mrs. Bishop, the matron of a gang of killers
  • Steven Berkoff as William Blake
  • Deirdre Mullins as Agnes Marlott, John Marlott's deceased wife
  • References

    The Frankenstein Chronicles Wikipedia