The “heart-breaking story of a family needing to heal and ghosts who need to be laid to rest”, the three-part series will be “full of scares”.

The cast for the adaptation of James Herbert’s novel also includes Iain De Caestecker (The Fades), Tom Ellis (Miranda), Douglas Henshall (Primeval), David Warner (Wallander), Sarah Smart (Five Days) and Donald Sumpter (Game of Thrones).

Jones commented: “The Secret of Crickley Hall is a classic haunted house spine chiller. With an emotional family story at its heart, Joe Ahearne has adapted the novel perfectly, and I am really excited about working with him as a director.”

Written and directed by Joe Ahearne (Doctor Who), The Secret of Crickley Hall will air this Halloween. Filming begins this month in and around the Manchester area.

Ahearne added: “Everyone loves a good ghost story and James Herbert is an iconic writer in the genre. He’s come up with a really thrilling and moving story that delights you while it’s terrifying you. It’s a testament to his craft that we’ve attracted such a great cast to play the characters he created.”

The official synopsis reads as follows: “A year after their little boy goes missing, Eve (Jones) and Gabe (Ellis) Caleigh take their family to Crickley Hall to try and escape the past. It seems like the perfect destination, until cellar doors open of their own accord, unseen children cry through the night and water seeps through impervious rock. At the centre of it all, a frenzied spectre wields a cane.

“Just as the Caleighs are ready to move out, Eve hears her missing son. Time shifts between present day and 1943 as the Caleighs desperately try to find out what connects Crickley Hall to their lost boy. Will they find him before the evil that stalks Crickley Hall finds their other children?”

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