The Dead Room | |
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Genre |
Drama Supernatural |
Written by | Mark Gatiss |
Directed by | Mark Gatiss |
Starring |
Simon Callow Anjli Mohindra Susan Penhaligon Joshua Oakes-Rogers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ben Irving Mark Gatiss |
Producer | Isibeal Ballance |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Can Do Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Four |
Release | 24 December 2018 |
The Dead Room is a British supernatural drama television film broadcast on BBC Four on 24 December 2018 as a part of the BBC's Christmas festive programmes. The thirty-minute film, written and directed by Mark Gatiss, tells the tale of a long-running radio horror series of the same name and stars Simon Callow, Anjli Mohindra and Susan Penhaligon. [1]
The television film was announced by the channel editor for BBC Four, Cassian Harrison, at the Edinburgh TV Festival on 23 August 2018 alongside other commissions including The Yorkshire Ripper, You, Me and Eugenics and the acquisition of the television series The Plague. [4]
The film was shot at Maida Vale Studios. [5] [1]
The film was broadcast on 24 December 2018 and was viewed by 0.991 million viewers.