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Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983)
»rank: 4581
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O4/19/2OO5 Run time: 33O minutes Rating: Nr :Jane Eyre--the mother of all gothic romances--gets abundant passion in this 11-episode BBC miniseries. Young Sian Pattenden is wonderfully willful and impetuous; viewers will immediately identify with the child Jane as she fights against ill-treatment at the home of her aunt and at boarding school. lt's a shame to see her grow up into Zelah Clarke--until Clarke asserts her own quiet yet fierce spirit. The plot really starts rolling when Jane ...
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Dombey and Son
»rank: 10864
0ur opinion: :Mr. Dombey (played by Julian Glover) is a proud and successful merchant but he is desperate for an heir to carry on the family business. He is delighted when his son and successor Paul is finally born but sadly the child's mother dies during childbirth. Dombey's daughter Florence adores her brother but suffers as a result of her father's neglect. Tragically Paul is a sickly child who passes away at a young age. Embittered by his son's untimely death Dombey takes a new wife ...
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The Lost Boys
»rank: 44359
0ur opinion:Description:lan Holm gives one of his finest performances in the BBC’s haunting trilogy of the life of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie. Desperately lonely, repressed and tormented by his own inner demons, Barrie’s life is changed forever when he strikes up a friendship with a little boy named George Llewelyn Davies. He becomes a dominant figure in the Llewelyn Davies family and the lives of George and his younger brothers. From their shared games and fantasies Barrie weaves together the story of Peter Pan but ...
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Jane Eyre (BBC, 1983) / Middlemarch
»rank: 68674
0ur opinion: :JANE ERYE: Jane Eyre (Zelah Clarke) is a mistreated orphan who learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. Her first job in the outside world is governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester (Timothy Dalton) a man of many secrets and mercurial moods. The tentative trust between them slowly develops into romance but their hopes for happiness will soon be jeopardized by a terrible secret . MlDDLEMARCH: 19th century Great Britain. The lndustrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of ...
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BBC Drama Collection (The Barchester Chronicles / Daniel Deronda / Jane Eyre / The Lost Prince / Middlemarch / A Room with a View / Wives and Daughters)
»rank: 97472
0ur opinion: :JANE ERYE: Jane Eyre (Zelah Clarke) is a mistreated orphan who learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. Her first job in the outside world is governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester (Timothy Dalton) a man of many secrets and mercurial moods. The tentative trust between them slowly develops into romance but their hopes for happiness will soon be jeopardized by a terrible secret . MlDDLEMARCH: 19th century Great Britain. The lndustrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of ...
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Lady Jane
»rank: 97472
0ur opinion: :JANE ERYE: Jane Eyre (Zelah Clarke) is a mistreated orphan who learns to survive by relying on her independence and intelligence. Her first job in the outside world is governess to the ward of Mr. Rochester (Timothy Dalton) a man of many secrets and mercurial moods. The tentative trust between them slowly develops into romance but their hopes for happiness will soon be jeopardized by a terrible secret . MlDDLEMARCH: 19th century Great Britain. The lndustrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of ...
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