Vanity Fair
Gwyneth Hughes' adaptation of Thackeray's literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of "villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing", takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.
Year: 2018
Genre: TV Drama
Country: USA, UK
Starring: Martin Clunes, Michael Palin, Robert Pugh, Anthony Head, Frances de la Tour, Simon Russell Beale, Charlie Rowe, Olivia Cooke, Tom Bateman, Johnny Flynn
Duration: 329 Minutes
Rating: M - Battle violence.
7.1/10
Location in store: Drama (TV)
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