Geraldine James (The Five, Anne With An E), Maeve Dermody (Carnival Row, Marcella) and newcomers Mia Tomlinson and Barney Sayburn have joined the cast of BritBox UK's first original drama series The Beast Must Die. 
After the success of last year's A Christmas Carol, the BBC is re-teaming with FX and Steven Knight for another Dickens drama. BBC One and FX have ordered a six episode limited series adaptation of Great Expectations. 
Guy Pearce (Mary Queen of Scots) has been set as the lead in BBC One's Charles Dickens adaptation A Christmas Carol. The three-part adaptation, which hails from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, was originally commissioned back in 2017 as one of a number of Dickens adaptions from Knight. FX has since boarded as the US partner and will are A Christmas Carol state-side.