The aristocrat who vanished after murder—did he escape justice or become it?
Drama about infamous aristocrat Lord Lucan, who mysteriously disappeared in 1974 after being accused of murdering his children's nanny.
Acting
Rory Kinnear's aristocratic unraveling—posh rage never looked so sweaty
Production
Smoke-stained 70s London so authentic you can taste the gin and decline
Director
Adrian Shergold
Rory Kinnear
Lord Lucan
Catherine McCormack
Lady Veronica Lucan
Christopher Eccleston
John Aspinall
Alistair Petrie
Jimmy Goldsmith
Michael Gambon
John Burke
Leanne Best
Sandra Rivett
Paul Freeman
John Pearson
Jane Lapotaire
Susan Maxwell-Scott
Rufus Wright
Younger John Burke
Rupert Evans
Dominick Elwes
Gemma Jones
Dowager Countess
Andrew Woodall
Bill Shand-Kydd
Miles Richardson
Coles
Julian Firth
Eastham
Tim Bentinck
Ludovic Kennedy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rory Kinnear's father Roy was killed in a horse-riding accident—the same year this TV drama was made, adding ghostly resonance.
The real Lucan was declared dead in 2016, but sightings persisted for decades, making him Britain's most glamorous missing person.
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