Saturday Review | Keira Knightley & James McAvoy in Atonement

Based on Atonement by Ian McEwan

Keira Knightley and James McAvoy star in a film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement, directed by Joe Wright. The story centres around the character of Briony, an imaginative eleven year old who makes a false accusation which leads to grave consequences affecting those involved for the rest of their lives.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4
  • Duration: 8'59''
  • Broadcast date: 2007
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Atonement | BBC One | 2024

Atonement (2007)

Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Atonement | BBC Radio 4 | 2002

Book of the Week - Atonement | Episode 11

Robbie tries to survive in wartime. Help is at hand. Sian Thomas reads Ian McEwan's novel of three lives changed by one lie.