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.
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.
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Seasons (1)
Season 1
2 Sep 2018 – 7 Oct 2018 · 7 episodes
1Miss Sharp in the Presence of the Enemy2 Sep 2018
2Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends3 Sep 2018
3A Quarrel About an Heiress9 Sep 2018
4In Which Becky Joins Her Regiment16 Sep 2018
5In Which Battles Are Won and Lost23 Sep 2018
6In Which a Painter's Daughter Meets a King30 Sep 2018