Drama19831 season★ 7.1
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?
Created by Barry Letts
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Episodes
1Gateshead
Oct 9, 198328 min
This dramatization begins with Jane as a neglected orphan child, unjustly punished by her aunt.
2Lowood Institute
Oct 16, 198328 min
Jane's open defiance of her unjust and tyrannical aunt has led to her dismissal from Gateshead Hall. She's to go instead to Lowood School, where strict discipline is in order.
3Thornfield
Oct 23, 198327 min
Conditions have improved at Lowood School, and Jane finds a measure of contentment, first as pupil and later as teacher.
4Rochester
Oct 30, 198330 min
Happy in her new post, Jane gets on with a new pupil, Adele, and the housekeeper, Mrs. Fairfax. She also meets her new employer, Mr. Rochester.
5Guests
Nov 6, 198330 min
Jane is baffled and fascinated by her employer, Mr. Rochester, who seems more than usually interested in her.
6A Death in the Family
Nov 13, 198330 min
Mr. Rochester is entertaining guests and Jane is perturbed by his evident fondness for Blanche Ingram.
7Proposal
Nov 20, 198330 min
Summoned by her dying aunt, Jane returns to Gateshead Hall, scene of her unhappy childhood.
8A Secret Is Revealed
Nov 27, 198330 min
Mr. Briggs interrupts the wedding of Jane and Mr. Rochester with the claim that the marriage cannot proceed, as Mr. Rochester has a wife.
9Beggarwoman to Teacher
Dec 4, 198330 min
Jane wanders the moors, poor, starving, and heartbroken, until she is rescued.
10Family Found
Dec 11, 198330 min
A destitute Jane has found sanctuary with the Rivers family and has a new post as teacher at the local school.
11Reunion
Dec 18, 198330 min
Jane is about to accept John Rivers' proposal when she hears Rochester's voice calling her.
