Jane Eyre
"Make my happiness I will make yours"
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?
First Aired
1983-10-09
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
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E1. Gateshead
This dramatization begins with Jane as a neglected orphan child, unjustly punished by her aunt.
★ 10.0
E2. Lowood Institute
Jane's open defiance of her unjust and tyrannical aunt has led to her dismissal from Gateshead Hall. She's to go instead to Lowood School, where strict discipline is in order.
★ 10.0
E3. Thornfield
Conditions have improved at Lowood School, and Jane finds a measure of contentment, first as pupil and later as teacher.
★ 10.0
E4. Rochester
Happy in her new post, Jane gets on with a new pupil, Adele, and the housekeeper, Mrs. Fairfax. She also meets her new employer, Mr. Rochester.
★ 10.0
E5. Guests
Jane is baffled and fascinated by her employer, Mr. Rochester, who seems more than usually interested in her.
★ 10.0
E6. A Death in the Family
Mr. Rochester is entertaining guests and Jane is perturbed by his evident fondness for Blanche Ingram.
★ 10.0
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