THE RELUCTANT VAMPIRE: CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR NEW BBC COMEDY, TOM DAVIS, SIAN CLIFFORD AND CHARLIE COOPER JOIN CAST

Fang-tastic further casting details for fiendishly funny new BBC Comedy 'The Reluctant Vampire’.

The 6 x 30 series, based on the books by British comedy legend Eric Morecambe (The Morecambe & Wise Show) and written by Rob and Neil Gibbons (Alan Partridge), will see Tom Davis (Wonka, King Gary) and Sian Clifford (Fleabag), Charlie Cooper (This Country) join the cast.

Plus Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing), Joe Wilkinson (After Life), Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts), Esther Smith (Trying), Bill Bailey (Black Books), Ray Fearon (Not Going Out), Ellie May Sheridan (Dodger), Gabriel Nagy (Extra Geography), and multi-award winning stand-up comedian Ross Noble sink their teeth into a world of colourful characters.

Raised in a conventional vampire family, Val (Lenny Rush) isn’t the most natural at the bloodthirsty rites of passage despite his best efforts. Life takes a shocking turn when he discovers—after accidentally coming across his own reflection—that he’s not a vampire after all and his Vampire mum has kept everything secret from him. Until now.

The Reluctant Vampire is set in a typical English village which happens to have a Vampire castle on the hill. The show follows Val, the “Reluctant Vampire”, who by day explores with fascination his newly discovered human side with the help of village girl Gertie (Ellie May Sheridan), but can never let his secret be known to the locals.

Yet by night there’s a coffin-load of expectations from his tradition obsessed vampire dad, Victor, (Tom Davis) his suspicious brother, Vernon, (Gabriel Nagy) and his doting mum Valeeta (Sian Clifford) who is the only one in the family who knows his true self. Val must navigate both worlds without letting his cover be staked. 

Lenny Rush said “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be surrounded by this bunch of comedy legends. If vampires had a dream team, this would be it.”

Shane Allen, executive producer, Boffola Pictures, says:  “This is a world of vampires, invisible ghosts, werewolves & gargoyles following in the dead funny footsteps of GHOSTS to deliver high-spirited hilarity for all the family. The response to Neil and Rob's scripts has sent shivers up our spines with the cream of British comedy signing up."

More details will be announced in due course.