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Les Miserables

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An epic adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic story of love, injustice and redemption.

An epic adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel in which an extraordinary cast of characters struggle to survive in war-torn France. A story of love, injustice, redemption and hope.

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Les Miserables: Series 1

Dominic West

David Oyelowo

Adeel Akhtar

Olivia Colman

David Bradley

Josh O'Connor

Ellie Bamber

Erin Kellyman

Joseph Quinn

Turlough Convery

Archie Madekwe

Donald Sumpter

Enzo Cilenti

Reece Yates

Daniel Tuite

Emma Fielding

Angela Wynter

Alex Jarrett

Jumayn Hunter

Josef Altin

Mwanza Goutier

Tim Myers

Leah Harvey

Julie Maes

Tommy Finnegan

Ollie Harnett

Richard Wells

Jonathan Goldsmith

Giles Vandeweerd

Andrew Gordon Johnson

Andrew Davies

Chris Carey

Tom Shankland

Faith Penhale

Bethan Jones

Rebecca Eaton

Eurydice Gysel

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Robert Sterne

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Les Miserables: Series 1: Episode 5

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Episode 5

BBC One - Les Miserables, Series 1, Episode 5

Paris is on the brink of revolt. Javert remains obsessed by the pursuit of Jean Valjean.

Classic drama. Paris is on the brink of revolt. Javert remains obsessed by the pursuit of Jean Valjean. Anxious Valjean makes a plan. Marius makes a promise to Cosette.

Paris is on the brink of revolt as unrest spreads through the streets and taverns, among students and the working class. Despite these larger threats to law and order in the city, Javert redoubles his efforts to find Jean Valjean. 

Though he's lovesick over another girl, Eponine is desperate for her affection for Marius to be requited, and so helps Marius find Cosette. The increasingly paranoid Valjean warns Cosette that they must leave Paris soon. Marius makes a promise to his beloved Cosette. When Valjean learns of a more immediate threat, he takes Cosette to a safer address. Jealous Eponine intercepts a note that the distraught Cosette leaves for Marius. 

At General Lamarque's funeral, the population of Paris rise up, and a violent revolt begins. Marius's friend Enjolras leads a group of students and workers to build a barricade. Marius, with no way to find Cosette, feels he has nothing left to live for, and marches off to join his friends at the barricade.

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