Lorna Doone
"For her it was love. For him it was vengeance."
A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.
"For her it was love. For him it was vengeance."
A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.
Polly Walker
Lorna Doone
Clive Owen
John Ridd
Sean Bean
Carver Doone
Michael MacKenzie
John Ridd's Father
Billie Whitelaw
Sarah Ridd
Robert Stephens
Sir Ensor Doone
Rachel Kempson
Lady Dugal
Kenneth Haigh
Judge Jeffreys
Hugh Fraser
King James II
A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a hardworking young sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.
In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.