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Great Expectations (2011)
Orphan Pip becomes a gentleman when his life is transformed by a mystery benefactor.
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Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens's classic story, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution
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Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett's tale of love, tyranny and rebellion dramatised by Helen Edmundson
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A House to Let
Marcia Warren stars in a tale of a woman who notes signs of life in a derelict house
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The Magnificent Ambersons
The story of the rise and fall of a great American family, directed by Orson Welles.
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Hamlet
The Royal Shakespeare Company's modern-dress production of Shakespeare's great play.
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Macbeth
Orson Welles stars in and directs a controversial version of Shakespeare's play.
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Small Island
Award-winning story of Jamaicans in postwar London with Naomie Harris and Ruth Wilson.
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Emma
All-star adaptation of Jane Austen's comic novel about the privileged Emma Woodhouse.
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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Dickens's classic tale about the turbulent childhood of orphan Pip. Starring Maggie Steed
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Crowdie and Cream
Three-part drama based on Finlay J MacDonald's account of life in 1930s Scottish Hebrides.
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The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek
Dramatisation of the novel by Jaroslav Hasek that charts the exploits of a WWI soldier
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Little Dorrit
Adaptation of Dickens' story of love, honour, debt and hope in 1820s London.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Acclaimed adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic tale of love, seduction and betrayal.
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The Mayor Of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Helen Edmundson's dramatisation of Thomas Hardy's classic
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Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about the Dashwood family
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Dramatisation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic comic novel. Stars Emma Fielding.
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Oliver Twist
Timothy Spall and Tom Hardy star in Charles Dickens's tale of a young orphan boy.
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A Cock and Bull Story
Tristram Shandy guides viewers through the epic tale of his life.
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David Copperfield
Star-studded adaptation of the Dickens classic. With Bob Hoskins and Daniel Radcliffe.
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Persuasion
Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about the enduring power of love.
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Middlemarch
George Eliot’s epic story of rural life, social change and the complexities of marriage.
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Campion
Peter Davison stars as the gentleman sleuth, as seen in Margery Allingham's novels.
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Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen's story of a girl whose head is full of romantic notions about the world.
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The Singing Detective
A pulp thriller writer relives his stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
A man tries to atone for his past, in the Thomas Hardy classic, adapted by Dennis Potter.
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Elizabeth R
Glenda Jackson stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this dramatisation of her reign.
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Sense and Sensibility (1971)
Jane Austen's classic tale of two sisters with very different approaches to love.
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The Wars of the Roses
Peter Hall's landmark 1960s RSC productions of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III.
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Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 production of Shakespeare's famous play. Filmed in Elsinore, Denmark.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Read by Clare Corbett. Produced by Justine Willett
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll’s curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.
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Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Mrs Gaskell’s much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.
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Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame’s jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
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