LIterary adaptations brought to life in these captivating period dramas
Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought to the High Court of Chancery.
Amelia and Arthur Havisham gather to hear the reading of their father's will.
Pip is summoned by Miss Havisham to Satis House, changing his life forever.
Mayor Michael Henchard sold his family at a fair. Now his wife has returned.
Newly-arrived Dr Tertius Lydgate is put in charge of the fever hospital in Middlemarch.
A woman struggles to come to terms with the feelings that a platonic friend has for her.
Having endured a miserable and brutal childhood, Oliver is sold to a local undertaker.
Mrs Bennet is anxious to marry off one of her five daughters to newcomer Mr Bingley.
Dramatisation of Jane Austen's novel. The Dashwoods start a new life in Devonshire.
Hardship forces Tess Durbeyfield to seek support from her 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles.
Russia is drawn into war with France, changing the lives of three young people forever.
When Farmer Lodge brings home his new bride, a mysterious enemy awaits.
Lacking a male heir, the king is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
Lear divides his kingdom with tragic consequences. Chaos descends on family and state.
Mark Gatiss's fantastic theatrical production of Dickens鈥檚 classic winter ghost story.
After a lifetime spent supporting her husband, Lady Slane is free to do as she pleases.
Cut down to half their original number, the guests are in danger of losing their minds.
Rare screening of the 成人快手's 1961 adaptation of a play based on Leo Tolstoy's famous novel.
A young woman is suddenly orphaned and goes to live with her eccentric relatives.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's modern-dress production of Shakespeare's great play.
King Richard II faces a rebellion led by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke.
Lady-in-waiting Ophelia catches the eye of young prince Hamlet.
