Joanna Lumley & Tobias Menzies To Lead Annual Mark Gatiss Christmas Ghost Story

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EXCLUSIVE: Tobias Menzies (The Crown, F1) and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous, Motherland) will star in Mark Gatiss‘ latest Christmas ghost story for the BBC. A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower, set in the inter-war years of the 20th century in the UK, is Gatiss’ eighth BBC ghost story for Christmas and has additional cast including Nancy Carroll (The Crown, Father Brown), Ben Mansfield (Endeavour, Sister Boniface Mysteries) and Gatiss’ recent Bookish co-star Polly Walker (Bridgerton, Rome). Principal photography took place earlier this year on location in Cobham Hall, Kent. I’m also very grateful to have been able to continue the most Christmassy of Christmas traditions. The BBC Arts commission is for BBC Two and iPlayer, and produced by Adorable Media, with BBC Studios attached to handle global sales.