Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens, EM Forster, Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy and DH Lawrence are catalogued separately. Please see the full English catalogue to the left of screen.
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The coming together of idle playboy Will (Hugh Grant) and put-upon loner Marcus (Nicholas Hoult) is a revealing tale of self-understanding and role reversal. Will finds that being yourself is of...
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A moving and compassionate film of Barry Hines' novel 'A Kestrel for a Nave'.
For Billy, whose expectations lead no further than following his brother into the pits when he reaches manhood,...
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Award-winning film adaptation of Ian McEwan's best-selling novel.
Through a series of catastrophic misunderstandings Robbie Turner is accused of a crime he did not commit.
This accusation and...
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Recently orphaned, London society girl Flora Poste ignores the advice of her friend and mentor Mrs. Sage and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives.
Fancying...
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Once they were housewives, waitresses or factory workers. Now, they're World War II spies for Britain.
Cate Blanchett stars as the courageous young woman who embarks upon a dangerous foray...
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Francis Ford Coppola returns to the original source of the Dracula myth, and from that Gothic romance, he creates a modern masterpiece.
It follows the tortured journey of the devastatingly...
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One man is a paragon of virtue, the other is a murderous creature of the London night. They are Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - and they are the same person.
Two versions on one DVD. The expressionistic...
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Set in London in 1946, this faithful adaptation of Greene's famous novel tells the tale of novelist Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes).
After a random meeting with the husband of his ex-lover Sarah...
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In the late 18th century, after the death of his beloved mother, the young Victor Frankenstein leaves his father and Elizabeth, the adopted sister he passionately loves, to attend university. Here...
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Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons star as two separate pairs of lovers in this engaging and beautifully visualized film.
The screenplay by Harold Pinter, which weaves together two...
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John Mills stars in this celebrated adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. Mr Polly is a sensitive soul, idling away his days as a humble draper's assistant until one day he is abruptly sacked for...
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A disturbing tale of conflict and savagery based on the novel by William Golding.
This is the original B&W version which closely follows Golding's work. It is directed by Peter Hall and stars...
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This excellent and lavish BBC production brings the classic tale of revenge and family warfare to life with a sterling cast.
The epic family saga begins in 1675 when insurgence against the...
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For anyone who enjoys the BBC's adaptations of great novels or for those just looking for a great story to sink their teeth into, Middlemarch will not disappoint.
This BBC adaptation of George...
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Starring Emily Watson, Cheryl Campbell, James Frain and Bernard Hill, this adaptation of George Elliot's novel is another excellent offering from BBC tv. It is a classic tale of love, rejection and...
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Based on the novel by Somerset Maugham, 'The Painted Veil' is an epic and captivating love story set in the 1920s.
It tells the tale of a young English couple - Walter, a middle-class doctor and...
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Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty.
Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life;...
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One of Merchant-Ivory's most thought-provoking films.
Anthony Hopkins is a model of restraint and propriety as Stevens, the butler who "knows his place". Emma Thompson is the animated and...
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Martin Jarvis reads Michael Frayn's novel.
In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live, the only immediate signs of the Second World War are the blackout at night and a single random...
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Entering into a secret and incestuous love affair with her brother, Giovanni, Annabelle becomes pregnant.
As she hides her shameful passion from the world, she must spurn a throng of eligible...
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Thackeray's classic novel of Nineteenth century England tells the compelling story of Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) a young orphan girl who attempts to rise above her station in very...
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A six-part BBC mini-series adapted from the satirical 1875 novel by Anthony Trollope.
Augustus Melmotte, a mysterious international financier of questionable parentage, has moved to London....
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