Casanova (2005 TV serial)

Casanova
Created by	Russell T Davies
Directed by	Sheree Folkson
Starring	David Tennant Peter O'Toole
Composer(s)	Murray Gold
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	3 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Red Production Company Granada Television BBC Wales
Running time	174 mins (3 parts)
Release
Original network	BBC Three
Original release	13 March – 27 March 2005

Casanova is a 2005 British television comedy drama serial, written by television scriptwriter Russell T Davies and directed by Sheree Folkson. Produced by Red Production Company for BBC Wales in association with Granada Television, the 3-episode series was first screened on digital television station BBC Three from 13 March, with a repeat on mainstream analogue network BBC One commencing 4 April.

Telling the story of the life of 18th-century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova, based on his own twelve-volume memoirs, the one-hour episodes star Peter O'Toole as the older Casanova looking back on his life, and David Tennant as the younger version. Rose Byrne, Rupert Penry-Jones, Matt Lucas, Shaun Parkes, Nina Sosanya and Laura Fraser are also featured.

Comedians Matt Lucas, Mark Heap, Simon Day and Matthew Holness make cameo appearances.

The series was originally commissioned from Davies by Executive Producer Julie Gardner when she was working at Granada-owned London Weekend Television. However, after Gardner moved on to become Head of Drama at BBC Wales in 2003, she commissioned Davies to write the drama for the BBC instead, as part of the deal that also saw him installed as the chief writer and Executive Producer of Doctor Who (in which Tennant later played the Doctor's tenth incarnation), also being overseen by Gardner and made at BBC Wales. It was Tennant's role as the younger Giacomo that led to Davies casting him in Doctor Who as the Tenth Doctor.

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