Miniseries · BBC One
Jane Eyre
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ruth Wilson
Jane Eyre
4 eps
Toby Stephens
Edward Rochester
4 eps
Tara Fitzgerald
Mrs. Reed
4 eps
Lorraine Ashbourne
Mrs. Fairfax
4 eps
Pam Ferris
Grace Poole
4 eps
Christina Cole
Blanche Ingram
4 eps
Jeanne Golding
Lady Lynn
4 eps
Ned Irish
George
4 eps
Arthur Cox
Colonel Dent
4 eps
Tim Goodman
Sir George Lynn
4 eps
Sam Hoare
Lynn Brother
4 eps
Francesca Annis
Lady Ingram
4 eps
Elsa Mollien
Sophie
4 eps
Aidan McArdle
John Eshton
4 eps
Cosima Littlewood
Adelé Rochester
4 eps
Cara Horgan
Eliza Reed
4 eps
Daniel Pirrie
Mason
4 eps
Beth Steel
Dent Twin
4 eps
Amy Steel
Dent Twin
4 eps
Charlotte West-Oram
Mrs. Dent
4 eps
Georgie Henley
Young Jane Eyre
1 eps
Annabel Scholey
Diana Rivers
4 eps
Andrew Buchan
St. John Rivers
4 eps
Rebekah Staton
Bessie
4 eps
Samantha Siddall
Sarah
1 eps
Nicholas Clayton
Artist
1 eps
Bethany Gill
Eliza Reed
1 eps
Richard McCabe
Mr. Brocklehurst
1 eps
George O'Connell
John Reed
1 eps
Sally Adams
Headmistress
1 eps
Anne Reid
Gypsy Woman
1 eps
Letty Butler
Leah
2 eps
Maisie Dimbleby
Mary Ingram
2 eps
Hugo Heathcote
Celine's Lover / Officer
2 eps
Eglantine Rembauville-Nicolle
Celine Varens
2 eps
Stacey Sampson
Servant
2 eps
Stephen Tomlin
Doctor Carter
2 eps
Dan Armour
Shepherd
2 eps
Alisa Arnah
Georgiana Reed
2 eps
Christopher Bowen
Briggs
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Jane Eyre actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Jane Eyre reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Episode 1
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.
- Directed by Susanna White
- Written by Sandy Welch
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01 · Signature episode
Episode 1
- Directed by Susanna White
- Written by Sandy Welch
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Rebecca EatonExecutive Producer
- Diederick SanterProducer
- Helga DowieProducer
- Phillippa GilesExecutive Producer
Writing
- Sandy WelchWriter
Direction
- Susanna WhiteDirector
Cinematography
- Mike EleyDirector of Photography
Music
- Rob LaneOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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