19th Century Literature TV & Radio Programmes for Teaching

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) | Episode 8

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 48'12''

An irresistible reunion, deadly dockside danger and regrettable red tape mean Phileas Fogg faces failure while his companions ...

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) | Episode 7

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 47'57''

Racing through the Rockies, Fogg unwillingly lets a laconic lawman and his prisoner share the chartered stagecoach, unaware th...

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) | Episode 6

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 48'49''

Our trio of travellers are now Pacific castaways. Passepartout attempts to atone for his treachery, Abigail is apologetic, but...

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) | Episode 5

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 48'10''

Passepartout's knowledge of Hong Kong proves useful when Fogg's finances are blocked. However, there is a high price to be pai...

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) | Episode 4

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 48'44''

In remote India, Fogg grumpily waits for a wedding to be over, but the groom is grabbed by the army. Passepartout is torn abou...

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) | Episode 3

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 48'25''

Stuck on Yemen's west coast, foolhardy Fogg decides on a dangerous desert crossing, leaving Abigail Fix in a place where even ...

Around the World in 80 Days (2021) | Episode 2

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 48'41''

Fogg's self-respect is shattered by an arrogant widower's ridicule, worrying Abigail and Passepartout even before a disaster s...

Around the World in 80 Days (2021)

Around the World in 80 Days | BBC One | 2021 | 47'42''

Inspired by a news story, Phileas Fogg is goaded into betting that he can circle the globe in just 80 days, despite never having been abro...

The Big Read: Battle of the Books | Great Expectations

Great Expectations | BBC Four | 2003 | 26'33''

David Dimbleby argues the case for Dickens' Great Expectations, tracing the novel's events from the marshlands of Kent...

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Mildred Pierce | BBC Two | 2007 | 1'46'14''

Classic melodrama about a woman who struggles to build up her own business from scratch in a vain attempt to satisfy her snobbish, ungrateful daughter.

Moviedrome | S11E00: Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce | BBC Two | 1999 | 4'32''

An introduction to Mildred Pierce by Michael Curtiz.

Moviedrome | S11E02: The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher | BBC Two | 1999 | 4'01''

An introduction to The Body Snatcher by Robert Wise.

Short Circuit (1998) | Jabberwocky

Through the Looking-Glass | BBC Two Scotland | 1998 | 3'48''

An animation of the Lewis Carroll nonsense story.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 12: An end to revenge

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 27'07''

Edmond resigns to an authority greater than his own and accepts his fate.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 11: Dishonour

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 25'20''

Edmond urges Maximilian to act on his advice and Cavalcanti proposes a plan.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 10: A challenge

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 25'54''

Albert demands an explanation from an old friend and Mercedes learns the truth.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 09: News from Janina

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 24'55''

Edmond encourages Baron Danglar's interests in an ultramontane millionaire.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 08: Evidence of a crime

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 25'30''

Bertuccio identifies a figure from the past and Edmond receives visitors from Italy.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 07: Unlimited credit

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 25'35''

Baron Danglars is disconcerted and Edmond shows unusual interest in high spirited horses.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 06: A garden in Auteuil

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 24'36''

Edmond acquires an unexpected ally and sets sail for far off places.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 05: The Isle of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 24'39''

Edmond visits the Inn of the Pont Du Gard and hears news of old friends and enemies.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 04: Perilous journey

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 26'14''

Episode four of this adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas starring Alan Badel and Natasha Parry.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 03: The Abbe Faria

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 25'38''

King Louis XVIII is alarmed and Edmond's hopes are raised.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) | 02: The Chateau d’If

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 25'01''

Villefort defends his position and offers Edmond kindly advice.

The Count of Monte Cristo (1964)

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 1964 | 23'31''

Edmond Dantes has just returned home and is preparing to marry.

The Count of Monte Cristo (2026) | Episode 4

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC Four | 2026 | 40'34''

As his plans reach their end, Edmond must choose between revenge and mercy, confronting the cost of becoming the man he set out ...

The Count of Monte Cristo (2026) | Episode 3

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC Four | 2026 | 46'01''

Embedded in Parisian high society, the Count methodically destroys those who betrayed him, only to discover that vengeance threa...

The Count of Monte Cristo (2026) | Episode 2

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC Four | 2026 | 45'23''

Escaping prison and uncovering a legendary fortune, Edmond reinvents himself as the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo and returns...

The Count of Monte Cristo (2026)

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC Four | 2026 | 45'11''

France 1815: Betrayed on his wedding day, young sailor Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of treason and condemned to years of brutal imprison...

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

The Count of Monte Cristo | BBC One | 2006 | 2'03'12''

Remake of the classic adventure tale of romance and revenge. A handsome sailor is unjustly accused of being a political traitor, betrayed by...

Murder Rooms: the Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | BBC Four | 2000 | 1'57'09''

Drama inspired by the real-life relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his tutor, pioneering forensic pathologist D...

Wessex Tales | 06: Barbara of the House of Grebe

Wessex Tales | BBC Two | 1973 | 49'47''

Lord Uplandtowers vows that he will make Barbara his wife. But she has secret plans of her own.

Wessex Tales | 05: The Melancholy Hussar

Wessex Tales | BBC Two | 1973 | 50'02''

The arrival of the York Hussars on the Dorset Downs has a dramatic impact upon the life of Phyllis Grove.

Wessex Tales | 04: An Imaginative Woman

Wessex Tales | BBC Two | 1973 | 50'02''

Fate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.

Wessex Tales | 03: A Tragedy of Two Ambitions

Wessex Tales | BBC Two | 1973 | 49'38''

Like a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability. Dramati...

Wessex Tales | 02: Fellow Townsmen

Wessex Tales | BBC Two | 1973 | 49'33''

Barnet has made an unhappy marriage, Downe a happy one. The lives of the 'Fellow Townsmen' become tragically interwoven.

Wessex Tales | 01: The Withered Arm

Wessex Tales | BBC Two | 1973 | 49'43''

When Farmer Lodge brings home his new bride, a mysterious enemy awaits to blight their happiness.

Ben-Hur (1959)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | BBC Two | 1982 | 3'23'03''

Prince Judah Ben-Hur is condemned to be a galley slave for refusing to be a Roman informant. For three years, he struggles to survive, until he is adopted by ...