Classic Serial - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Episode 1

Adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic tale set in 15th-century Paris, dramatised in a collaboration between the BBC and Graeae, the disabled-led theatre company. Starring deaf actor David Bower, artistic director of Signdance Collective. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, hides away in the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral, friendless and ashamed of his appearance. When the bewitching gypsy Esmeralda arrives in Paris, Quasimodo falls in love with her from afar. Quasimodo ...... David Bower Esmerelda ...... Candis Nergaard Frollo ...... Kevin Doyle Madame Poutine ...... Susan Twist Madame La Fayette ...... Rita May Phoebus ...... Joseph Kloska Mikael Leduc ...... Roger Morlidge George ...... Garry Robson Guillaume ...... Terence Mann Directed by Polly Thomas.