The Frankenstein Chronicles

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The Frankenstein Chronicles
Series title against a mosaic background
Genre Drama
Fantastic
Created by Benjamin Ross
Barry Langford
Starring Sean Bean
Anna Maxwell Martin
Charlie Creed-Miles
Samuel West
Vanessa Kirby
Mark Bazeley
Tom Ward
Ed Stoppard
Elliot Cowan
Richie Campbell
Ryan Sampson
Kate Dickie
Robbie Gee
Steven Berkoff
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 6
Production
Running time 52 minutes
Production company(s) Rainmark Films
Release
Original network ITV Encore
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 11 November (2015-11-11) –
16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)

The Frankenstein Chronicles is a British television drama series that first aired on ITV Encore from 11 November to 16 December 2015. A&E network picked up the series for American television, describing it as "a thrilling and terrifying re-imagining of the Frankenstein Myth set in 19th century London."[1][2][3]

Fans of Sean Bean may notice some references to his previous work, the character John Marlott was a soldier in the 2nd Battalion 95th Rifles as was Richard Sharpe and in one scene he is seen to unpack the distinctive green jacket of the Rifle regiment from his belongings. In another scene a suspect Marlott is surveilling is heard humming the tune to Over the Hills and Far Away, which was the theme to Sharpe.

Cast

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
series
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1 1 "A World Without God" Benjamin Ross Benjamin Ross and Barry Langford 11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)
2 2 "Seeing Things" Benjamin Ross Benjamin Ross and Barry Langford 18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)
3 3 "All the Lost Children" Benjamin Ross Benjamin Ross and Barry Langford 25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
4 4 "The Fortunes of War" Benjamin Ross Benjamin Ross and Mike Walden 2 December 2015 (2015-12-02)
5 5 "The Frankenstein Murders" Benjamin Ross Benjamin Ross and Stacey Gregg 9 December 2015 (2015-12-09)
6 6 "Lost and Found" Benjamin Ross Benjamin Ross and Barry Langford 16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)

As of 16 December 2015, The Frankenstein Chronicles has ended, with the last episode being "Lost and Found".

References

  1. A&E Press release 7 October 2015
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  • Giovanni Aldini, an italian physicist, attempted to resurrect the body of a man named George Foster after his execution on January the 13th 1803 for the double murder of his wife and daughter. Mary Shelley was five years old at the time, and although she never named Aldini as a source of inspiration she used the term of galvanism in her 1831 novel Frankenstein.

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