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Jane Eyre

2006TV-PG1 season7.7 / 10

Charlotte Bronte's classic about an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess in a gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she falls in love with the mysterious Edward Rochester.

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Synopsis

Charlotte Bronte's classic about an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess in a gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she falls in love with the mysterious Edward Rochester.

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Episode 1

Episode 1

50m8.4 / 10

Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl, is sent to Lowood School by her uncaring aunt Mrs Reed, who no longer wants the child in her house where Jane was ill-treated by cousins and aunt. Jane remains at Lowood School until the age of 19 and eventually becomes a governess. She receives a position at Thornfield Hall as a governess for Adele, a French girl in the care of Edward Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall. From the housekeeper Jane learns that the master of the house is rarely at home. One day, she finally meets Rochester on one of his returns to Thornfield. For the first time, Jane feels as if she belongs somewhere and soon begins to love Thornfield. But this is challenged when Jane one day wakes to strange noises in the house. When she follows the sounds she discovers a fire in Rochester's room.

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Directed by Susanna WhiteWritten by Sandy WelchGuest stars Georgie Henley, Samantha Siddall, Nicholas Clayton, Bethany Gill, Richard McCabe, George O'Connell, Sally Adams, Letty Butler

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Episode 2

Episode 2

50m9.0 / 10

Thornfield receives a visitor. This visitor seems to unsettle Rochester in a way Jane cannot understand. When Mason, the mysterious visitor, is badly injured one night, Jane's fears and questions about the North Tower come up once again.

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Directed by Susanna WhiteWritten by Sandy WelchGuest stars Anne Reid, Letty Butler, Maisie Dimbleby, Hugo Heathcote, Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle, Stacey Sampson, Stephen Tomlin

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Episode 3

Episode 3

50m9.0 / 10

After Mrs Reed's death Jane Eyre returns to Thornfield. Mr Rochester finally proposes to Jane Eyre. Will she accept him?

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Directed by Susanna WhiteWritten by Sandy WelchGuest stars Annabel Scholey, Dan Armour, Alisa Arnah, Christopher Bowen, Claudia Coulter, Peter Ivatts, Jacqueline Pilton, Emma Lowndes

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Episode 4

Episode 4

50m8.8 / 10finale

The heartbroken Jane Eyre has left Thornfield. Exhausted, penniless and hopeless she lies down on the moors and is rescued by St John Rivers who, with his sisters, brings her back to life again.

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Directed by Susanna WhiteWritten by Sandy WelchGuest stars Annabel Scholey, Dan Armour, Alisa Arnah, Christopher Bowen, Claudia Coulter, Peter Ivatts, Hester Odgers, Jacqueline Pilton

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Episode information updated Jul 26, 2026

More about Jane Eyre

Cast

Ruth WilsonJane Eyre
Toby StephensEdward Rochester
Tara FitzgeraldMrs. Reed
Lorraine AshbourneMrs. Fairfax
Pam FerrisGrace Poole
Christina ColeBlanche Ingram
Jeanne GoldingLady Lynn
Ned IrishGeorge

Credits

Written by
Sandy Welch, Sandy Welch, Charlotte Brontë

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Miniseries
Episodes
4
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • BBC OneUnited Kingdom
  • BBCUnited Kingdom
  • GBHUnited States

Themes

19th centurybased on novel or bookcostume dramaminiseriesorphanperiod dramawoman director