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In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.

From Orava Castle in Slovakia, the location used in the classic vampire film Nosferatu, Mark Gatiss journeys to the London Library on the trail of Bram Stoker's newly discovered research literature. From the UK, Mark flies to Philadelphia in the United States, where he studies Stoker's hand-written notes and examines the abandoned ideas, story lines and characters which went on to become his world-famous story.

Mark meets with actors, including reuniting seven Hammer brides, film experts and historians as he explores the count's transition from page to screen, from Bela Lugosi's Hollywood to Christopher Lee's terrifying incarnation, then finally coming face to face with the new Dracula himself - Danish actor Claes Bang.

This documentary explores and celebrates the icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.

58 minutes

Last on

Sun 4 Feb 2024 22:15

Music Played

  • Leon Fleisher, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra

    Piano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 19: II. Adagio

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mark Gatiss
Director Nathan Landeg
Executive Producer Jo Pearce
Executive Producer Sue Vertue
Composer John Hardy
Writer Nathan Landeg
Production Company Hartswood Films
Production Company Bright Branch
Production Company Dracula TV Ltd
Editor Madoc Roberts

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