After a childhood that would have broken weaker girls, Jane Eyre finds a respectable position as a governess to the ward of the enigmatic Mr. Rochester. Despite being twenty years his senior, brusque, and hardened by loss, Mr. Rochester finds his spirited new employee strangely bewitching. They are drawn to each other as equals and contemplate true happiness at last. But there is an impediment to their love that tests Jane’s integrity and strength almost beyond endurance. Considered by many to be the best adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's romantic classic, this BBC miniseries is true to the original story, with dialogue taken directly from the novel. Best of all is the perfect casting and chemistry of the unlikely lovers, with Sorcah Cusack (Casualty) as Jane and Michael Jayston (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) as Mr. Rochester.