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"Charlotte Bronte" (45 results)
Tracey Chevalier, Claire Harman and Harriett Gilbert discuss the enduring appeal of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
Bidisha views some of Charlotte Bronte's intimate letters, that reveal an emotionally unrestrained side to the au...
Bidisha explores Charlotte Bronte's writing in relation to colonisation and race.
Schools program looking at how Charlotte Bronte anticipated the feminist writing of today by presenting a heroine prepare...
Depiction of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte and their brother Branwell, and their childhood at Howarth parsonage. Wi...
First transmitted in 1977, Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontes, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.
Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors where the Brontes shared a legendary childhood. How much did...
Martha Kearney, novelist Helen Oyeyemi and journalist Lucy Mangan travel to Haworth Parsonage, the home of Charlotte and her sisters Emily and Anne.
The lives of the literary sisters are told in a new two-part dramatisation narrated by Patricia Routledge.
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte face a bleak future, with their father half-blind and troubled brother Branwell in decline. As their situation worsens, Ch...
A 1983 television serial adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Julian Amyes.
A four-part dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's love story by Michelene Wandor, with Sophie Thompson as Jane Eyre and Ciaran Hinds as Mr Rochester.
Four-part dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, featuring Ruth Wilson as Jane Eyre and Toby Stephens as Mr Rochester.
Adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic tale set in the 1840s. Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr Rochester, unaware of the terrible secret that he is harbour...
Charlotte Bronte's classic about an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess in a gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she falls in love with the mysterio...
Journalist Bidisha revisits Charlotte Bronte's classic novel after first reading it as a teenager.
An analysis of where the historical context of the slave trade appears in Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'.
A humourous clip illustrating how unknown Anne Brontë is, in relation to the fame of her sisters.
Dramatised in five parts by Robin Chapman, starring Michael Jayston as Rochester and Sorcha Cusack as Jane.
The iconic and dangerous love story starring Amanda Hale and Tom Burke.
Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an...
Clive Anderson and guests John Sutherland, Brenda Maddox, James Naughtie and Claire Tomalin discuss which book (Vanity Fair, Wuthering Heights, Jan...
Program examines narrative style in three novels, with clips of dramatisations of Jane Eyre.
Program about a Jane Eyre film and why period novels are so popular for the silver screen.
Aided by psychiatrists and literary critics, Vivienne Parry explores mental health among heroines of classic fiction.
Documentary exploring romantic fiction presented by Daisy Goodwin. The heroes of nineteenth century romantic fiction paved the way for more...
The search for the nation's number one novel presented by Clive Anderson. Simon Schama advocate...
Sandi Toksvig hosts discussion with John Walsh and Ian Macmillan on the relative merits of 'Rebecca' and 'Jane Eyre'.
Sandi Toksvig presents and judges competition to find the nation's book club's favorite read, from Pride and Prejudice, ...
Robert Robinson intros studio discussion with authors: Susan Howatch, Betty Beaty, Christopher Nicole and Jilly Cooper.
Series for A level English students. This program looks at Jane Eyre.
Young, ignored and ill-treated, can the orphaned Jane Eyre escape her conditions in Gateshead? Read by Anne-Marie Duff.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, young Jane Eyre is trapped in the red room by her cruel Aunt Reed.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, Jane Eyre's time at Lowood School.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, Jane Eyre and Rochester's dramatic first meeting.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, the mysterious Mr Mason visits and there are strange sounds in the night.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, Jane goes back to visit her Aunt Reed, who is dying.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, Rochester proposes to Jane.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, Jane and Rochester's wedding is disrupted by unwanted visitors.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, Rochester introduces Jane to his wife Bertha, the 'mad woman in the attic'.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, John Rivers asks Jane to marry him and accompany him on his mission.
From Susanna White’s four-part BBC serial adaptation, Jane returns to Rochester.
Bidisha explores the power dynamic between Jane Eyre and Rochester.
A discussion of the complications and inequalities of Jane Eyre's relationship with Mr Rochester.
Bidisha investigates the character of Bertha through theories of race and colonialism.
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