The larger than life billionaire retail tycoon, his Monaco-based wife, a former racing driver and bankrupt, surrounded by advisers and regulators, all help to weave a tale that affects 160 high streets and 31,000 mere mortals.
(That's 11,000 workers and 20,000 pension scheme members).
The parliamentary inquiry into the sorry tale begins in earnest on Monday.
Sir Philip Green, the former owner of BHS, has agreed in principle to appear before the inquiry in June.
With so many fingerprints on this scandal it's difficult to figure out how to apportion blame for a collapse that almost everyone in the industry seemed to predict but no-one seemed able to prevent.
Let's take a look at when some of the main players made their exits and their entrances:
No wonder the Serious Fraud Office, Pensions Regulator, Insolvency Service and two Commons select committees are queuing up to ask questions.
The biggest question is why no-one seemed to want to know BEFORE it happened.
The cast of characters who have played a part in the demise of BHS is arguably worthy of a mini-series.