Gormenghast - Season 1 - Eps 2: Part 2
Steerpike rescues the Groan family from the burning library and is the hero of the hour. Sepulchrave Groan goes mad with grief over the loss of his library. Believing he is an owl, he releases the owls in the Tower, and they attack and kill him. Titus becomes Earl of Groan. Flay annoys Lady Groan and is ordered out of the castle. He observes from afar the new Earl's coronation, at which Steerpike cuts a prominent figure.
About Gormenghast

Title: Gormenghast
First Air Date: 2000-01-17
Last Air Date: 2000-02-07
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 28 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 4
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: BBC, Chum Television
Synopsis
At the Castle of Gormenghast, the Groan family has ruled with dusty ceremony for more than seventy generations. A clever and ambitious new kitchen boy, Steerpike, begins to insinuate himself into the affections of Lady Fuchsia Groan and to murder his way to power.
Cast

Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Steerpike

Celia Imrie
Lady Gertrude

Ian Richardson
Lord Groan

Neve McIntosh
Lady Fuchsia

Christopher Lee
Flay

Richard Griffiths
Swelter

Lynsey Baxter

June Brown
Nannie Slagg

Fiona Shaw
Irma Prunesquallor

Spike Milligan