Miniseries · BBC One
Dracula
Bloody legend.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Claes Bang
Dracula
3 eps
John Heffernan
Jonathan Harker
3 eps
Joanna Scanlan
Mother Superior
3 eps
Dolly Wells
Sister Agatha van Helsing
3 eps
Mark Gatiss
Frank Renfield
3 eps
Lydia West
Lucy Westenra
6 eps
Morfydd Clark
Mina Murray
6 eps
Lujza Richter
Elena
1 eps
Petra Dubayová
Carriage Girl
1 eps
Jonathan Aris
Captain Sokolov
1 eps
Sacha Dhawan
Dr. Sharma
1 eps
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Adisa
1 eps
Clive Russell
Valentin
1 eps
Catherine Schell
Duchess Valeria
1 eps
Youssef Kerkour
Olgaren
1 eps
Patrick Walshe McBride
Lord Ruthven
1 eps
Lily Dodsworth-Evans
Dorabella
1 eps
Samuel Blenkin
Piotr
1 eps
Anthony Flanagan
Portmann
1 eps
Alec Utgoff
Abramoff
1 eps
Lily Kakkar
Yamini
1 eps
Andrew Byron
Stepashin
1 eps
Natasha Radski
Mother
1 eps
Scott Karim
Gupta
1 eps
Matthew Beard
Jack
1 eps
Chanel Cresswell
Kathleen
1 eps
Lyndsey Marshal
Bloxham
1 eps
Paul Brennen
Commander Irving
1 eps
John McCrea
Zev
1 eps
Phil Dunster
Quincey
1 eps
Polly Kemp
Nurse
1 eps
Sarah Niles
Meg
1 eps
Millicent Wong
Alice
1 eps
Sofia Oxenham
Sam
1 eps
Kiran Shah
Little Boy
1 eps
Anthony Kaye
Andy
1 eps
Anna Swan
Andrea
1 eps
Cat White
Beth
1 eps
Corinna Wilson
Amanda
1 eps
Olivia Klein
Emily
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dracula actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dracula reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Transylvania, 1897. The blood-drinking Count Dracula is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 3 episodes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
The Rules of the Beast
English lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet a new client —and a legend is about to get fresh blood.
- Directed by Jonny Campbell
- Written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss
S01E02 · Signature episode
Blood Vessel
The crew and passengers aboard the Russian ship, The Demeter, are locked in a life-or-death struggle to stop Count Dracula before he reaches England.
- Directed by Damon Thomas
- Written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss
S01E03 · Signature episode
The Dark Compass
Count Dracula has made it to England —a new world pulsing with fresh blood— and lays his plans to spread his foul vampire contagion. But why does he set his sights on the seemingly ordinary Lucy Westenra?
- Directed by Paul McGuigan
- Written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E03 · Signature episode
The Dark Compass
- Directed by Paul McGuigan
- Written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss
S01E02 · Signature episode
Blood Vessel
- Directed by Damon Thomas
- Written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss
S00E01
Who is Dracula
S01E01 · Signature episode
The Rules of the Beast
- Directed by Jonny Campbell
- Written by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ben IrvingProducer
- Steven MoffatExecutive Producer
- Mark GatissExecutive Producer
- Sue VertueExecutive Producer
- Sue VertueProducer
Writing
- Steven MoffatWriter
- Mark GatissWriter
Direction
- Paul McGuiganDirector
- Jonny CampbellDirector
- Damon ThomasDirector
Cinematography
- Julian CourtDirector of Photography
- Tony Slater LingDirector of Photography
Music
- David ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- Michael PriceOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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