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Wide Sargasso Sea

Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage between a white Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman, who fall in love only to be torn apart by rumours, paranoia and a cultural divide. Show less

Contributors

Edward Rochester:
Rafe Spall
Antoinette Cosway:
Rebecca Hall
Christophine:
Nina Sosanya
Richard Mason:
Alex Robertson
Grace Poole:
Karen Meagher
Director:
Brendan Maher

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