The Secret of Crickley Hall is a 2012 BBC television adaptation by Joe Ahearne of the 2006 supernatural thriller novel of the same name written by the British author James Herbert. The show was globally distributed by BBC Worldwide.
The series presents two parallel dramas. The main storyline, set in 2006, follows the events of the Caleigh family who rent Crickley Hall because Gabe Caleigh (Tom Ellis) gets a short contract in the area; the other is a series of flashbacks following events in 1943 when orphanswho have been evacuated from London during World War IIare living at Crickley Hall.
Gabe Caleigh, his wife Eve, and their children, Loren, Cameron and Cally, live in London. One day Eve falls asleep for a few seconds at a playground and Cam simply disappears. Eleven months later, Gabe suggests relocating the family in the north of England, near the coast, in the hope that a change of scenery will give Eve some comfort, as she clings to the hope that Cam may still be alive.
Cast
Present-day characters
Actor Character Character role Episode Suranne Jones Eve Caleigh Mother 1–3 Tom Ellis Gabe Caleigh Father, structural engineer 1–3 Maisie Williams Loren Caleigh Teenage daughter 1–3 Elliot Kerley Cameron ("Cam") Caleigh Missing son, aged five 1–3 Pixie Davies Cally Caleigh Youngest daughter 1–3 David Warner Elderly Percy Judd Former groundskeeper of Crickley Hall 1–3 Nick Sidi The Reverend Andrew Parish priest 1–2 Paul Clayton Publican The landlord of the Barnaby Inn 1 Velile Tshabalala Teacher Schoolteacher at Loren's school 1 Shannon Beer Pupil Responsible for bullying Loren at school 1–2 Susan Lynch Lili Peel Psychic medium 2–3 Donald Sumpter Gordon Pyke Parapsychologist 2–3 Annie Kelly Elderly Magda Surviving sister of Augustus 3 Ian Burfield DI Michael Policeman 3 Emma Hind Unknown Nurse 3
1943 characters
Actor Character Character Role Episode Douglas Henshall Augustus Cribben Owner of Crickley Hall 1–3 Sarah Smart Magda Cribben Sister of Augustus Cribben 1–3 Olivia Cooke Nancy Linnet Teacher to the orphans 1–3 Iain De Caestecker Percy Judd Groundskeeper of Crickley Hall 1–3 Bill Milner Maurice Stafford Eldest orphan 1–3 Kian Parsiani Stefan Rosenbaum Jewish German orphan 1–3 Fern Deacon Susan Trainer Orphan 1–3 Craig Parkinson The Reverend Horace Parish priest 2–3 Julia Ford Irene Judd Percy's mother 2–3 John Sackville Doctor David Wilcox London hospital doctor who talks to Nancy 2 Theresa Churcher Nurse London hospital nurse who talks to Nancy 2
Episodes
Filming locations At the very beginning of the film the house used was in Oxford Road, Altrincham. The village of Downham, Lancashire, was used for the village of Devils Cleave where the real village pub, The Assheton Arms, acted as the Barnaby Inn and the Devils Cleave church scenes were filmed at Downham St Leonard church. Crickley Hall itself was filmed at Bowden Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire. The war scenes are filmed on Huskisson Street, Falkner Street and Falkner Square around the Georgian Quarter in Liverpool.
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