

Air Date
September 24, 2006
Episodes
4 episodes
Jane Eyre
Season 1
Episodes

1. Episode 1
Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl, is sent to Lowood School by her uncaring aunt Mrs Reed, who no longer wants the child in her house where Jane was ill-treated by cousins and aunt. Jane remains at Lowood School until the age of 19 and eventually becomes a governess. She receives a position at Thornfield Hall as a governess for Adele, a French girl in the care of Edward Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall. From the housekeeper Jane learns that the master of the house is rarely at home. One day, she finally meets Rochester on one of his returns to Thornfield. For the first time, Jane feels as if she belongs somewhere and soon begins to love Thornfield. But this is challenged when Jane one day wakes to strange noises in the house. When she follows the sounds she discovers a fire in Rochester's room.

2. Episode 2
Thornfield receives a visitor. This visitor seems to unsettle Rochester in a way Jane cannot understand. When Mason, the mysterious visitor, is badly injured one night, Jane's fears and questions about the North Tower come up once again.

3. Episode 3
After Mrs Reed's death Jane Eyre returns to Thornfield. Mr Rochester finally proposes to Jane Eyre. Will she accept him?

4. Episode 4
The heartbroken Jane Eyre has left Thornfield. Exhausted, penniless and hopeless she lies down on the moors and is rescued by St John Rivers who, with his sisters, brings her back to life again.

Ruth Wilson
Jane Eyre

Toby Stephens
Edward Rochester

Tara Fitzgerald
Mrs. Reed

Lorraine Ashbourne
Mrs. Fairfax

Pam Ferris
Grace Poole

Christina Cole
Blanche Ingram
Jeanne Golding
Lady Lynn
Ned Irish
George

Arthur Cox
Colonel Dent
Tim Goodman
Sir George Lynn

Sam Hoare
Lynn Brother

Francesca Annis
Lady Ingram

Elsa Mollien
Sophie

Aidan McArdle
John Eshton
Cosima Littlewood
Adelé Rochester

Cara Horgan
Eliza Reed

Daniel Pirrie
Mason
Beth Steel
Dent Twin
Amy Steel
Dent Twin
Charlotte West-Oram
Mrs. Dent