Capital (BBC adaptation)
| Capital | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Capital by John Lanchester |
| Written by | Peter Bowker |
| Directed by | Euros Lyn |
| Starring |
Toby Jones as Roger Yount Gemma Jones as Petunia Howe Adeel Akhtar as Ahmed Kamal Rachael Stirling as Arabella Yount Wunmi Mosaku as Quentina Robert Emms as Smitty Zrinka Cvitešić as Matya Lesley Sharp as Mary |
| Theme music composer | Dru Masters |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Matt Strevens |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Kudos Film & Television Company |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC One BBC One HD |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 24 November – 8 December 2015 |
Capital is a three-part British television adaptation of John Lanchester’s novel Capital. The series was written by Peter Bowker, directed by Euros Lyn and produced by Matt Strevens for Kudos Film & Television Company. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 24 November 2015. The story centres on a fictional Pepys Road in South London (although there are two actual Pepys Roads in South London - namely in Raynes Park and New Cross) and the lives of people with connections to it. Once an ordinary residential area, the value of each house in the street is approaching £2 million. Its residents range from those who were born there to the newly-wealthy who have only recently moved in. They all begin to receive postcards which say "We want what you have". They react to this in different ways.
Describing how he became involved with the production, writer Peter Bowker said, "I was already reading Capital when Derek Wax (Executive Producer), who I've worked with before, sent me it. It hadn't occurred to me that it could be adapted because so much of it is people's internal dialogue and thoughts, so I thought the challenge of that would be intriguing. I've admired John Lanchester's writing as an economist so to begin with I was just excited to meet him! Then the more I read the book the more I thought it was similar to Dickens, both in terms of catching a moment of time and how the big decisions filter in to everyday life. If you start with the people at the bottom, who absorb the impact of those decisions, there's something dramatic there. So that's how it started."
Main Cast
Recurring Cast
The central characters all have a connection to Pepys Road, a fictional street in an unidentified south London suburb. The houses in the street were once ordinary family homes in an unremarkable residential district, but thanks to London’s ever-increasing property values they are now properties worth millions. Their residents include those such as wealthy banker Roger Yount (played by Toby Jones) who have recently bought their homes, as well as people who have lived in the street since before its houses became so valuable, such as elderly widow Petunia Howe (played by Gemma Jones) who moved there as a young bride. They all start to receive postcards saying "We want what you have", which some residents interpret as a threat, but which others initially ignore.
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