The first pictures of Claes Bang as Count Dracula have been revealed, as filming continues on the forthcoming three-part series.

Commissioned by BBC One, Dracula - written by Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat - will be produced by Hartswood Films and is a co-production between BBC One and Netflix.

Announced today as joining the reinvention of Bram Stoker’s iconic tale are Lyndsey Marshal (Trauma, The League Of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (The Bay, This Is England), Matthew Beard (An Education, The Imitation Game), Lydia West (Years & Years), Paul Brennen (Wild Bill, Happy Valley), Sarah Niles (Catastrophe, Beautiful People), Sofia Oxenham (Poldark, Grantchester), John McCrea (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, God’s Own Country), Phil Dunster (Humans, Save Me) and television newcomer Millicent Wong.

They will appear opposite Claes Bang in the role of Dracula, and a cast which already includes John Heffernan, Joanna Scanlan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Morfydd Clark and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.