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 |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Greenwood | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Hills | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diane Chenery-Wickins | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Costume Design |
| Sound | Peter Gleaves | ADR Mixer |
| Production | Michael Wearing | Executive Producer |
| Art | Christopher Hobbs | Production Design |
| Editing | Paul Tothill | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | David White | Prosthetics |
| Production | Hilary Salmon | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Dartnell | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Marilyn Johnson | Casting |
| Sound | Richard Rodney Bennett | Original Music Composer |
| Art | David Hindle | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ben Norrington | ADR Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandra Shepherd | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Gavin Finney | Director of Photography |
| Production | Estelle Daniel | Producer |
| Sound | Alistair Crocker | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Rebecca Eaton | Executive Producer |
