Based on the 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair is set against Victorian London and the Napoleonic Wars, following Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke) in her attempt to elevate herself out of poverty into English High Society. It’s “a vain, wicked, foolish place” narrates Michael Palin,…
Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner) sits as MP for Truro. His time is divided between London and Cornwall and his thoughts divided about his wife, Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson). His feud with George Warleggan (Jack Farthing) persists, as does the forbidden love between Drake Carne (Harry Richardson)…
For numerous years, the inhabitants of a town in England have tried to solve the infamous civil court case known as Jarndyce and Jarndyce; it’s a big deal because it involves an inheritance of a large sum of money. John Jarndyce (Denis Lawson) is a…
