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15 Minute Drama: Charlotte Bronte - Shirley

Lesley Sharp

Jemima Rooper

Joanne Froggatt

Joseph Kloska

Christine Kavanagh

Tracey Neale

Rachel Joyce

Charlotte Bronte

15 Minute Drama: Charlotte Bronte - Shirley: Episode 3: Good Works

Shirley

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Episode 3: Good Works

Charlotte Bronte - Shirley

Good Works

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Shirley questions Caroline after making a startling discovery.

1811, Yorkshire. Shirley begins to question Caroline about her interest in Robert Moore after making a startling discovery. Stars Lesley Sharp.

Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, dramatises Charlotte Bronte's tale of romantic entanglements and turbulent times in the Yorkshire of 1811.

Shirley begins to question Caroline when she discovers that her friend wears a locket containing a lock of Robert's hair. And Caroline makes a startling discovery when work is begun to help the poor.

Directed by Tracey Neale.

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Charlotte Bronte's tale of romantic entanglements set against turbulent times in Yorkshire

Rachel Joyce dramatises Charlotte Bronte's passionate tale of love, longing and loss set against a backdrop of turbulence and unrest in the Yorkshire of 1811

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