TV series
The Casual Vacancy
Overview
The citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.
Details
- First air date
- 2015-02-15
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 3 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- Brontë Film & TV
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Gambon as Howard Mollison
- Keeley Hawes as Samantha Mollison
- Rufus Jones as Miles Mollison
- Rory Kinnear as Barry Fairbrother
- Julia McKenzie as Shirley Mollison
- Joe Hurst as Arf Price
- Sonny Ashbourne Serkis as Paul Price
- Richard Glover as Simon Price
- Ria Choony as Sukhvinder Jawanda
- Silas Carson as Vikram Jawanda
- Emily Bevan as Mary Fairbrother
- Monica Dolan as Tess Wall
Creators and crew
- J.K. Rowling - Creator
- Lucy Richer - Executive Producer
- Neil Blair - Executive Producer
- Rick Senat - Executive Producer
- Paul Trijbits - Executive Producer
- J.K. Rowling - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1
The village of Pagford is left in shock when a local resident dies suddenly. Pagford is seemingly an English idyll, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a community at war. The empty seat left on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest battle the village has yet seen.
Episode 2
The parish council election approaches and Pagford is on tenterhooks awaiting the next post from 'the Ghost of Barry Fairbrother'. Who is the Ghost, and what will they say? Is anyone in the village safe from humiliation? As tensions rise, the finger of suspicion points in many directions.
Episode 3
The parish council election is imminent and tensions rise in Pagford and each side steps up their campaign.
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