All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Ben Chaplin, ranked

In 1958 post-war Britain, Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, receives a letter from Miss Kenton, a former colleague employed as the housekeeper some twenty years earlier, now separated from her husband. Stevens and Kenton occasionally butt heads, particularly when she observes that Stevens’s father is in failing health and no longer able to perform his duties, which Stevens stubbornly refuses to acknowledge.

In 1761, eleven-year-old Aminata Diallo is abducted and taken captive from her village in West Africa by a Dutch trading company. She meets another boy from her region, Chekura, who is working for the slavers but reveals he was sold into slavery by his uncle. She and Chekura are transported by ship to be sold into slavery in South Carolina, where the two are separated and she is forced to work on an indigo plantation.

In 1942, United States Army Private Witt goes AWOL from his unit to live among the carefree Melanesian natives in the South Pacific. Elsewhere on the ship, Lieutenant Colonel Tall, the aging battalion commander, mulls over the importance of the invasion, which he sees as his last chance for glory in combat.

What starts out as a simple, reckless mid-life affair between a genetic scientist named Yvonne and a Westminster paper pusher takes an intriguing turn when she realizes he’s a spook – then suddenly gets very dark indeed. A provocative study of obsession, longing and just how far down a criminal path desire can take you.

Set in England during the 14th century, the series chronicles the lives of ordinary citizens. Edward III leads the nation into the Hundred Years’ War with France, while Europe faced the Black Death. Caris, a visionary woman, and her lover Merthin build a community that stands up to the crown and the church.

Fiona Maye is a judge in the Family Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. A case is brought before her involving a 17-year-old boy, Adam Henry, who is suffering from leukaemia. Adam’s doctors want to perform a blood transfusion, however, Adam and his parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses, and believe that having a blood transfusion is against biblical principles.

In present-day Scotland, an American tourist couple go into a bar where they meet an old man who, per their request, tells them a story about the Loch Ness Monster and how the fake photo came about. Angus’ father Charles is a sailor in the Royal Navy and has been missing since his ship was sunk in the war almost a year ago; Angus is unable to accept that it is unlikely he will ever come home.

When a naive young Dorian Gray arrives in late Victorian London, by train, to inherit an estate left to him by his abusive grandfather, he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Lord Henry Wotton, who introduces Gray to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When the portrait is unveiled, Gray makes a flippant pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture—even his soul.

Harry Mitchel is leaving prison. He is propositioned by his friend and former partner-in-crime, Billy Norton, to live in a nice apartment, but on condition he work for Billy’s criminal boss. On his way to a welcome back party, Mitchel saves a woman, Penny, from being mugged.