BBC Starts Filming Black Narcissus

7/10/19

The BBC is due to start filming Black Narcissus this month in Nepal and Pinewood Studios. Directed by Charlotte Bruus Christensen, the new adaptation, written by BAFTA-winning writer Amanda Coe, will star Gemma Arterton as Sister Clodagh alongside Diana Rigg and Jim Broadbent.

Amanda Coe said: “I’m thrilled to be adapting Black Narcissus for BBC One. It’s a truly extraordinary love story, as well as a brilliantly unsettling piece of 20th century gothic about the power of a place to get under your skin and the dangers of refusing to learn from history.”

Cast

Sister Clodagh – Gemma Arterton: ”The King’s Man”, “Vita & Virginia”, “Their Finest”
Sister Mr Dean- Alessandro Nivola: “Chimerica”, “The Art of Self Defence”, “Disobedience”
Sister Ruth- Aisling Franciosi: ”The Nightingale”, “Clique”, “The Fall”
Sister Briony- Rosie Cavaliero: “Gentleman Jack”, “Cleaning Up”, “Unforgotton”
Sister Blanche- Patsy Ferran: “Jamestown”, “Tom & Jerry”
Sister Philippa- Karen Bryson: “MotherFatherSon”, “Safe”
Mother Dorothea – Diana Rigg: “Victoria”, “Game of Thrones”, “Detectorists”
Sister Adela – Gina Mckee: “Catherine the Great”, “Bodyguard”, “Phantom Thread”
Father Roberts- Jim Broadbent: ”King of Thieves”, “Paddington 2”, “Game of Thrones”
Dillip Rai – Chaneil Kular: “Sex Education”
General Tod Rai- Kulvinder Ghir: “Beecham House”, Blinded by the Light”
Angu Ayah – Nila Aailia: “A Discovery of Witches”, “Wolfblood”
Kanchi- Dipka Kunwar
Jospeh Anthony- Soumil Malla

Read more at the Radio Times.