The writer-producers, Nick Moorcroft and Meg Leonard, have adapted Blithe Spirit with Piers Ashworth.
In 1941 when Britain was at the mercy of the Blitz, the staging of Noël Coward’s classic play Blithe Spirit, a comedy about death, was considered a risk.
Blithe Spirit, set in 1937, is one of Coward’s most-loved plays.
Dench is one of Britain’s foremost actresses, whose roles have ranged from monarchs to M in the Bond films.