All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Charles Dance, ranked

The longstanding estate battle of Jarndyce v Jarndyce hangs over the heads of many conflicting heirs, confused by multiple wills. Honoria, Lady Dedlock, the wife of the imperious baronet Sir Leicester, is also a possible beneficiary of the estate. Esther and the young doctor Allan Woodcourt are attracted to each other, but Esther feels unworthy and Allan accepts a commission as a navy physician.

The series follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. John Porter and a team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.

In 1951, two policemen, Nock and Staehl, investigate the mathematician Alan Turing after an apparent break-in at his home. During his interrogation by Nock, Turing tells of his time working at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.

In 1916, Dream, the king of stories and one of the seven Endless, is captured in an occult ritual. After being held captive for 105 years, in 2021 he escapes and sets out to restore order to his kingdom of the Dreaming.

Sue Trinder, a 20-year-old thief, is involved in an intricate plot to deceive a wealthy heiress named Maud Lilley out of her inheritance. Mrs. Sucksby, who has taken care of Sue since she was orphaned, urges her to assist conman Richard Rivers in his scheme to elope with Maud, commit her to an asylum, and steal her fortune. However, Sue’s plans are disrupted when she falls in love with Maud. As their relationship blossoms, the two women are forced apart, leading to further unexpected twists in the story.

The series follows Catherine de’ Medici, who marries into the French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring in a fortune in dowry and produce heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman and that she cannot conceive children. She manages to keep her marriage going, and rule France for thirty years.

Nicholas Nickleby’s father dies unexpectedly after losing all of his money in a poor investment. Nicholas, his mother and his younger sister, Kate, are forced to give up their comfortable lifestyle in Devonshire and travel to London to seek the aid of their only relative, Nicholas’s uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Ralph, a cold and ruthless businessman, has no desire to help his destitute relations and hates Nicholas.

William Traynor is a successful banker and active man who is in a good relationship with his girlfriend Alicia. While walking to work, he is talking on his mobile phone and inadvertently walks in front of a speeding motorcycle. Nathan assists him with everything physical like movement, exercise, and clothing.

In a series of flashbacks, Maria Altmann recalls Anschluss, the arrival of Nazi forces in Vienna, the persecution of the Jewish community and the looting and pillaging by the Nazis against Jewish families. While Altmann and her husband are successful, she is forced to abandon her parents in Vienna.

While vacationing in Monte Carlo in 1927, Maxim de Winter meets the young and somewhat naive British companion of Mrs. Van Hopper, a typical Ugly American whose bout of influenza frees the girl to spend time with the wealthy widower. When Mrs. Van Hopper announces plans to return to New York City, Max proposes marriage to the girl and brings her to his Cornwall coast estate known as Manderley.

In the early 1800s young Edmund Talbot travels on a not too sea-worthy ship to New South Wales to take up a post with its governor. He gets on well with the Captain, Anderson, an amateur botanist who grows plants in his cabin, but, due to a social gaffe, well-meaning young parson Colley falls foul of the captain, later getting drunk and having gay sex with crew members.

In the early 1800s young Edmund Talbot travels on a not too sea-worthy ship to New South Wales to take up a post with its governor. He gets on well with the Captain, Anderson, an amateur botanist who grows plants in his cabin, but, due to a social gaffe, well-meaning young parson Colley falls foul of the captain, later getting drunk and having gay sex with crew members.