Episode 3; Amanda's hostility to Darcy wanes as she begins to feel that, in Elizabeth's absence, she must 'understudy' for her. She learns that Darcy's sister Georgiana was in love with Wickham, and in response to his rejection of her advances, told Darcy that Wickham had "ravished her". Wickham maintains this falsehood to spare Georgiana's honour, which softens Amanda's hostility towards him. Meanwhile, Bingley is so heartbroken by Jane's marriage to Mr Collins that he has taken to drinking hea find out more...

Highly acclaimed BBC production of the now ubiquitous George Elliot's epic of romance, family in fighting and high drama set against the backdrop of the changing political and social face of pre-Industrial Revolution Britain. The arrival in Middlemarch of the new physician, Dr Ludgate, increases bickering amongst the influential and wealthy members of local society, opposed as they are to his new methods. Meanwhile machinations of marriage and political advancement flourish in an atomsphere of a find out more...

Highly acclaimed BBC production of the now ubiquitous George Elliot's epic of romance, family in fighting and high drama set against the backdrop of the changing political and social face of pre-Industrial Revolution Britain. The arrival in Middlemarch of the new physician, Dr Ludgate, increases bickering amongst the influential and wealthy members of local society, opposed as they are to his new methods. Meanwhile machinations of marriage and political advancement flourish in an atomsphere of a find out more...

A typically exemplary BBC adaptation of one of the great bard's best known plays performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. find out more...

A powerful adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate love story, set across the social divides in the changing world of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale is one of literature's most original heroines, a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and wilfulness. When the wor find out more...

A powerful adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate love story, set across the social divides in the changing world of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale is one of literature's most original heroines: a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and wilfulness. When the wor find out more...

Bloomin' marvellous BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, set in the fair city of Bath. When the flighty, fresh faced Catherine arrives in town and meets handsome Henry Tilney, it seems her unfashionably romantic aspirations are about to come true. But then events take a sinister turn.... find out more...

From the dark waters of Victorian London, Charles Dickens weaves a tale of crime and compassion. Poor Lizzie and her father eke out a living on the banks of the Thames until one day they recover a body that links them with another world - the world of dinner parties and the household of the Wilfers. As their lives intertwine, a complex story of money and love emerges. find out more...

From the dark waters of Victorian London, Charles Dickens weaves a tale of crime and compassion. Poor Lizzie and her father eke out a living on the banks of the Thames until one day they recover a body that links them with another world - the world of dinner parties and the household of the Wilfers. As their lives intertwine, a complex story of money and love emerges. find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's lesser known works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. find out more...