The Bride’s Chamber

Based on The Bride’s Chamber

by Charles Dickens

Mark Gatiss has adapted Charles Dickens’ 1858 story The Bride’s Chamber as a BBC Christmas special starring Martin Freeman and Jim Broadbent.

EXCLUSIVE: Two of Britain’s top actors will pair up in the latest BBC Christmas ghost story special, The Bride’s Chamber. Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Sherlock) and Jim Broadbent (The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Bridget Jones) will star in the Dickensian story, alongside Adrian Scarborough (The Chelsea Detective, Gavin & Stacey), Joe Armstrong (Happy Valley, […]

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