Jane Eyre

Overview

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?

Cast and crew

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  Samantha MortonJane Eyre

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  Ciarán HindsEdward Rochester

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  Gemma JonesMrs. Fairfax

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  Deborah FindlayMrs. Reed

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  Abigail CruttendenBlanche Ingram

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  Richenda CareyLady Ingram

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  Timia BerthomeAdele

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  Joanna ScanlanBessie

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  Peter WightClergyman

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  Emily JoyceMiss Temple

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  Laura HarlingYoung Jane

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  David GantMr. Brocklehurst

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  Barbara KeoghMiss Abbot

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  Hermione GullifordMrs. Fairfax

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  Ben SowdonJohn Reed

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  Gemma EglintonHelen Burns

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  Dominique BelcourtAnna

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  Val McLaneGrace Poole

Director

Robert Young

Writer

Charlotte Brontë, Kay Mellor and Peter Wight

Music

Richard Harvey