Gormenghast (series) for the rest of their life and that he felt it should be required reading in secondary schools. "The Daily Telegraph" has described Steerpike as one of the all-time greatest villains in western literature. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced a dramatization of all three Gormenghast novels. It was first broadcast in 1983 as eight one-hour episodes, and repeated in 1986 in four two-hour parts. This is the first adaptation that includes "Titus Alone" in addition to "Titus Groan" and "Gormenghast". In 1984, BBC Radio 4 broadcast two 90-minute plays based on "Titus Groan" and "Gormenghast", adapted by Brian Sibley and
Luke Treadaway Philip Ridley's "Heartless", also starring Jim Sturgess and Noel Clarke, released in May 2010. He appeared in "Killing Bono", starring Ben Barnes and Pete Postlethwaite. He also had a leading role in the independent Scottish film "You Instead", which was filmed at T in the Park 2010. In 2011, he played the eponymous hero of "The History of Titus Groan", a cycle of six BBC Radio 4 dramas based on the books of Mervyn Peake dramatised by Brian Sibley. He also filmed "Late Bloomers" with William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini. He also starred in "Attack the Block", a Film Four