The Good Mothers. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2018 book
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The Good Mothers
Alex Perry, 2018
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Elisa Amoruso, Julian Jarrold, 2023

The story of how three women within the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, along with a female prosecutor, Alessandra Cerreti, worked together to dismantle the notorious criminal organization.


Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 1982 book
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick, 1982
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David Farr, Tom Harper, Marc Munden, Julian Jarrold, Jeffrey Reiner, 2017

Based on the short stories from one of science fiction’s most prolific authors, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams explores humanity in 10 standalone episodes. From 5 to 5000 years in the future, each story in the anthology will question what it means to be human in uniquely ambitious, grounded, yet fantastical worlds.


Great Expectations. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1861 book
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, 1861
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Julian Jarrold, 1999

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella.


Becoming Jane. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Becoming Jane Austen
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Becoming Jane Austen
Jon Spence, 2003
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Julian Jarrold, 2007

Jane Austen is a younger daughter of the Reverend George Austen and his wife, who have yet to find a suitable husband for Jane. She aspires to be a writer, to the dismay of her mother and proud delight of her father. Thomas Lefroy is a promising lawyer with a bad reputation, which he describes as typical for people in the profession, and is sent to live in the country by his uncle to calm him down.


Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1999 book, Nineteen Seventy Four
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Nineteen Seventy Four
David Peace, 1999
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Julian Jarrold, 2009

Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 1974. A young and inexperienced journalist, Eddie Dunford, tries to follow the news through the increasingly complex maze of lies and deception that dominates the police investigation into a series of girls’ kidnappings. He will soon discover that the truth in Yorkshire is an irreversible path. And the price to be paid is very high.


Brideshead Revisited. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1945 book
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Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh, 1945
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Julian Jarrold, 2008

A young English middle-class individual becomes captivated by an upper-class family, developing romantic feelings for both the young woman and her brother. However, the formidable presence of their strict mother could present a significant obstacle to their budding affection.


The Girl. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1992 book, Spellbound by Beauty
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Spellbound by Beauty
Donald Spoto, 1992
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Julian Jarrold, 2012

The film is a partially fictionalised account of the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren. In 1961, Hitchcock notices Hedren in a television commercial for a diet drink. He wants to turn her into the next Grace Kelly, with whom he had worked extensively during the 1950s. Hedren passes her screen test and is groomed for the starring role in Hitchcock’s latest film, The Birds.