First of five-part screen-drama adaptation of R.D. Blackmoore's classic novel.Set during the 17th Century, the turbulent times of King James II and Charles II, John Ridd a humble farmer and Lorna Doone a young beauty of noble stock deeply fall in love. However the Doones, Lorna's relatives and the infamous local outlaws who have run the Exmoor territory for a generation, are hell bent on causing havoc, pillaging and sabotaging property and relationships in their pursuit to usurp an inheritance. Show less