Overview

Lovely and sensitive Maud Ruthyn is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family fortune... should anything untoward happen to young Maud. With the tyrannical Madame De La Rougierre as her governess, Maud finds that the estate holds terrors beyond her imaginings.

Created by Joe Waters

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Beatie Edney

  Maud Ruthyn

  3 eps

• 

  Jane Lapotaire

  Madame de la Rougierre

  3 eps

• 

  Tim Woodward

  Dudley Ruthyn

  3 eps

• 

  Guy Rolfe

  Dr. Bryerly

  3 eps

Themes

• miniseries
• gothic horror
• governess
• horror mystery

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