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The Enfield Haunting
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Timothy Spall
Maurice Grosse
3 eps
Matthew Macfadyen
Guy Lyon Playfair
3 eps
Juliet Stevenson
Betty Grosse
3 eps
Eleanor Worthington-Cox
Janet Hodgson
3 eps
Fern Deacon
Margaret Hodgson
3 eps
Rosie Cavaliero
Mrs. Hodgson
3 eps
Joey Price
Johnny Hodgson
3 eps
Karen Lewis
Dr. Anita Gregory
1 eps
Maya Gerber
Mean Girl 2
1 eps
Nigel Boyle
Graham Morris
1 eps
Steven O'Neill
Psych Doctor
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Enfield Haunting actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Enfield Haunting 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 often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A three part dramatization of the terrifying and bizarre real events that took place at an ordinary house in Enfield during the autumn of 1977. Adapted from Guy Lyon Playfair's book This House is Haunted.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Awakening
One of the most documented accounts of poltergeist activity in the UK is investigated.
S01E03
The Reckoning
Maurice and Guy continue to try and free Janet from the poltergeist.
S01E02
The Quickening
Guy calls in a medium to try and help much to Maurice's annoyance.
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.
Writing
- Joshua St JohnstonWriter
Direction
- Kristoffer NyholmDirector
Music
- Benjamin WallfischOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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