In het kasteel van Gormenghast regeert de familie Groan al meer dan zeventig generaties met stoffige ceremonie. Een slimme en ambitieuze nieuwe keukenjongen, Steerpike, begint zich te nestelen in de genegenheid van Lady Fuchsia Groan en zich een weg naar de macht te moorden.
 | Seizoen 1 Aflevering 1 Episode 1 Datum: 2000-01-17 Lengte: 60 min |
 | Seizoen 1 Aflevering 2 Episode 2 Datum: 2000-01-24 Lengte: 60 min |
 | Seizoen 1 Aflevering 3 Episode 3 Datum: 2000-01-31 Lengte: 60 min |
 | Seizoen 1 Aflevering 4 Episode 4 Datum: 2000-02-07 Lengte: 60 min |
| Writing | Mervyn Peake | Novel |
| Visual Effects | Diane Kingston | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Simon Finney | Focus Puller |
| Sound | Ben Norrington | ADR Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Costume Design |
| Production | Estelle Daniel | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Hills | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Rebecca Eaton | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Greenwood | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Dartnell | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Hilary Salmon | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | David White | Prosthetics |
| Art | David Hindle | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diane Chenery-Wickins | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Richard Rodney Bennett | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Paul Tothill | Editor |
| Production | Michael Wearing | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Gavin Finney | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alistair Crocker | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Peter Gleaves | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Christopher Hobbs | Production Design |
| Production | Marilyn Johnson | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandra Shepherd | Makeup Artist |
