Books on Screen
The best adaptations, from period classics to contemporary best-sellers.
Episode 1—The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Series 1
Dorrigo Evans is thrust back into memories of his time as a POW during World War II.
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Episode 1—Mix Tape, Series 1
Two teenagers who shared a love of music get back in touch after 20 years.
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Episode 1—Babyfather, Series 1
Eligible bachelor Gus finds his family are increasingly meddling in his life.
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The Delaneys—Apples Never Fall, Series 1
Joy Delaney is happily retired. And now, suddenly missing.
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Episode 1—Conversations with Friends, Series 1
College students Frances and Bobbi meet an impressive couple, Melissa and Nick.
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Episode 1—Noughts + Crosses, Series 1
Sephy and Callum fall for each other, but the odds are stacked against them.
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Episode 1—Great Expectations, Series 1
Ambitious orphan Pip changes forever when he meets dark souls Miss Havisham and Magwitch.
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Episode 1—The Secrets She Keeps, Series 1
Meghan is happily pregnant with her third child, but husband Jack is less content.
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Episode 1—Jane Eyre
After surviving the regime of a harsh school, orphan Jane Eyre takes a job as a governess.
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Episode 1—Emma
Emma persuades Harriet that she is too good for her suitor, the farmer Robert Martin.
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Episode 1—Pride and Prejudice
Mrs Bennet is anxious to marry off one of her five daughters to newcomer Mr Bingley.
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Episode 1—Wuthering Heights
A social visit becomes a night of terror for Lockwood and nostalgia for Heathcliff.
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Episode 1—This Is Going To Hurt, Series 1
Junior doctor Adam juggles his personal life with his job on a hectic labour ward.
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Episode 1—The Night Manager, Series 1
Hotel night manager Jonathan Pine is drawn into the world of arms dealer Richard Roper.
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Episode 1—The Little Drummer Girl, Series 1
A fiery and brilliant actress is drawn into a dangerous international espionage operation.
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The Great Gatsby (2000)
Flamboyant millionaire Jay Gatsby pursues the love he lost while serving in World War I.
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Episode 1—McMafia, Series 1
When tragedy strikes, Alex Godman is drawn into the world of global crime
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Episode 1—Normal People, Series 1
In rural Ireland, popular Connell and aloof Marianne begin an intense, secret affair.
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Episode 1—Bleak House
Young orphan Esther Summerson is brought to the High Court of Chancery.
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Hotel Du Lac—Screen Two
Romantic novelist Edith Hope is banished to the solitude of a Swiss hotel.
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The Railway Station Man
A woman flees to Donegal and meets a man restoring an abandoned railway station.
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Episode 1—Small Island
Andrea Levy's award-winning story of Jamaicans and Londoners during World War II.
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Episode 1—Great Expectations (2011)
Pip is summoned by Miss Havisham to Satis House, changing his life forever.
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Anna Karenina
Rare screening of the BBC's 1961 adaptation of a play based on Leo Tolstoy's famous novel.
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