The Big Read: Battle of the Books | The Final Battle

Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Sandi Toksvig presents and judges competition to find the nation's book club's favorite read, from Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1984 and To Kill a Mockingbird.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Duration: 58'55''
  • Broadcast date: 2003
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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BBC Two | 2016

Being the Brontes

Martha Kearney, novelist Helen Oyeyemi and journalist Lucy Mangan travel to Haworth Parsonage, the home of Charlotte and her sisters Emily and Anne.
BBC One | 2016

To Walk Invisible

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