Jane Eyre
Make my happiness I will make yours
12+1983•30m•7.1/10
Drama
Ratings
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7.1/10(34)
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?
Production
BBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
October 9, 1983
Last Aired
December 18, 1983
Networks
BBC One, Central Television USSR
Created By
Barry Letts
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Gateshead
Air date: 1983-10-09
This dramatization begins with Jane as a neglected orphan child, unjustly punished by her aunt.
E2
Lowood Institute
Air date: 1983-10-16
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.
E3
Thornfield
Air date: 1983-10-23
Conditions have improved at Lowood School, and Jane finds a measure of contentment, first as pupil and later as teacher.
E4
Rochester
Air date: 1983-10-30
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.
E5
Guests
Air date: 1983-11-06
Jane is baffled and fascinated by her employer, Mr. Rochester, who seems more than usually interested in her.
E6
A Death in the Family
Air date: 1983-11-13
Mr. Rochester is entertaining guests and Jane is perturbed by his evident fondness for Blanche Ingram.
E7
Proposal
Air date: 1983-11-20
Summoned by her dying aunt, Jane returns to Gateshead Hall, scene of her unhappy childhood.
E8
A Secret Is Revealed
Air date: 1983-11-27
Mr. Briggs interrupts the wedding of Jane and Mr. Rochester with the claim that the marriage cannot proceed, as Mr. Rochester has a wife.
E9
Beggarwoman to Teacher
Air date: 1983-12-04
Jane wanders the moors, poor, starving, and heartbroken, until she is rescued.
E10
Family Found
Air date: 1983-12-11
A destitute Jane has found sanctuary with the Rivers family and has a new post as teacher at the local school.
E11
Reunion
Air date: 1983-12-18
Jane is about to accept John Rivers' proposal when she hears Rochester's voice calling her.
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