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Bleak House

Bleak House

BBC Series.

An all-star cast, including Gillian Anderson, Denis Lawson, Charles Dance and Johnny Vegas, unite in the BAFTA-award winning adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House..

Available on DVD

 

Cranford

Cranford

BBC Series.

Cranford in the 1840s is a small Cheshire market town on the cusp of great change. The railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from Manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order.

Available on DVD

 

Oliver Twist

Oliver twist

BBC Series.

Oliver's (William Miller) closest family are the workhouse board, and their plans for Oliver's future does not stretch much beyond starving him to death with pitiful rations of gruel.  But Oliver's a fighter, and after a courageous rebellion when he dares to ask for more, Oliver is cast out and forced to make his own way in the world.

Available on DVD

 

Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford

BBC Series 10 Episodes.

Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century.

Available on DVD

 

The Old Curiosity Shop

ITV3.

ITV's Christmas 2007 classic - a brand new adaptation of the classic Dickens tale starring some of Britain's finest actors.

 

 

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"

Sherlock Holmes

ITV3.

All series and full-length Holmes episodes filmed by Granada between 1984 and 1994 and starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes, and David Burke (later Edward Hardwicke) as Watson

Available on DVD

 



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