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Jane Eyre

1956 – 1956 · BBC Television
1 seasons · 6 episodes
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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?

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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?

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Daphne Slater
Jane Eyre
Stanley Baker
Mr Edward Rochester
Barbara Everest
Mrs Alice Fairfax
Joyce Chancellor
Leah
Dorothy Black
The Mad Woman
Philip Howard
John the Footman
Valerie Smith
Adele
Jane Henderson
Grace Poole
Created by Constance Cox

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Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
First aired
Feb 26, 1956
Original language
EN
Production
BBC
Country
GB

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