All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Lesley Manville, ranked

Margaret Hale and her parents Maria and Richard live in the idyllic town in Helstone in Hampshire. At the wedding of her cousin, Edith, Margaret is approached by Edith’s new brother-in-law, Henry Lennox. Lennox visits Helstone a while later and proposes marriage to Margaret; she refuses him. Later, the family is forced to move to the industrial town of Milton, in the north of England.

The series follows the political rivalries and romantic entanglements of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, chronicling the events that shaped the latter half of the 20th century.

Book editor Susan Ryeland is given an unfinished manuscript by best-selling mystery writer Alan Conway featuring Conway’s longtime main character, detective Atticus Pünd. When she attempts to attain the final chapters from Conway, she finds herself in the middle of a shocking mystery case of her own that will change her life in ways she never expected.

In 1763 London, women’s opportunities for economic advancement are either through marriage or sex work. The city’s brothels are run by canny and determined businesswomen, such as Margaret Wells and Lydia Quigley, but there is a new morality on the rise. Religious evangelists demand the closure of brothels, and police are happy to launch brutal raids.

Mrs. Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London charlady who cheerfully cleans the houses of the rich. One day, while tidying Lady Dant’s wardrobe, she comes across the most beautiful thing she has ever seen in her life-a Dior dress. She’s never seen anything as magical as the dress before her and she’s never wanted anything so badly. Determined to make her dream come true, Mrs. Harris scrimps and saves until one day, she finally has enough money to go to Paris.

Ursula Todd dies shortly after being born in 1910, but is reborn and lives multiple lives over the course of the century. She experiences different circumstances and encounters major events, including both world wars and an encounter with Hitler.

A tale of ambition, blackmail, and longing, revolving around a captivating anti-hero who resides at its somber core. It combines elements of a whodunit mystery with the intricacies of a Faustian bargain that steadily tightens its grip.

Maleficent is a powerful fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom. His love is overshadowed by ambition, and as they grow older, the two grow apart and Maleficent becomes protector of the Moors. Devastated by Stefan’s betrayal, Maleficent turns the Moors into a dark kingdom and transforms a raven named Diaval to serve her after saving his life.

Maleficent is a powerful fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom. His love is overshadowed by ambition, and as they grow older, the two grow apart and Maleficent becomes protector of the Moors. Devastated by Stefan’s betrayal, Maleficent turns the Moors into a dark kingdom and transforms a raven named Diaval to serve her after saving his life.

In 1963 Montana, retired sheriff George Blackledge and his wife Margaret live with their son James, his wife Lorna, and their newborn grandson, Jimmy. One day while James is out riding his horse, Lorna readies a sink bath for Jimmy. While bathing Jimmy, the wild horse comes running back through the farm without James. George finally finds James dead alongside a creek. It is assumed that he died from being thrown from the horse, breaking his neck.

The Miss World competition took place in London in 1970, hosted by Bob Hope and watched by over 100 million people. The women’s liberation movement, which opposed beauty competitions as objectifying to women, gained fame when they interrupted the live broadcast. When the show resumed, Miss Grenada, the first black woman to win the competition, was announced as the winner, causing a stir and challenging the Western standard of beauty. The incident also marked a shift in the patriarchy on a global scale.

A couple of cunning ex-lovers use seduction to try to take advantage of others. The renowned 18th-century novel ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos adapted for television.