The opening episode of Series 5 will air at 10pm on Sunday 3 February on BBC Three.

Whithouse revealed: “…this year we’ve been blessed to have Phil Davis join us, as the repulsive and cruel Captain Hatch, arguably our biggest villain ever. It’s a performance of such delicious evil, you’ll be left with your jaw on your chest and your breakfast on your lap.”

The writer added: “He’s joined by Steven Robertson as the mysterious Mr Rook, the sinister Man in Grey we met at the end of Series 4, and Colin Hoult as the deluded and volatile Crumb. A newly recruited vampire, he describes himself as ‘the world’s worst nightmare: the victim that suddenly gets super powers’.”

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