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- After placing an ad for employment as a governess, Jane Eyre (Samantha Morton) journeys to Thornfield Hall to inquire about a possible position. She is hired by the housekeeper, Mrs. Fairfax (Gemma Jones), to care for young Adele (Timia Berthome), the daughter of the brooding Mr. Rochester (Ciarán Hinds), who lives at the estate. After much trepidation, Eyre and Rochester begin a romantic relationship, but dark secrets surrounding Rochester threaten to destroy the couple's love.
- Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case. When Hannah arrives on Sunshine, he notices the subdued atmosphere of fear reigning there. An aggressive presidential election campaign is being conducted, but neither of the two candidates appears to be very trustworthy. The attractive widow Lady Beatrix Coltrane tells Hannah that most of the island's inhabitants are not looking forward to independence because they fear that either of the two candidates for the presidency will abuse the island for his own benefit. One of them, Tomson, is probably involved in illegal drug-peddling in connection with the Colombian Medellin cartel; the other one, Livingstone, is said to be collaborating with the Cuban government. Lady Beatrix' representations are confirmed by Reverend Drake, the island's priest, whom Hannah also discovers to be a strict opponent of independence. Ernie Favaro, a policeman from Miami, arrives on Sunshine. He is investigating the murder of one of his colleagues by members of the Medellin cartel. A hot trail has brought him to the island. The two cases could be connected, and Hannah and Favaro agree to collaborate. But as they have no official permission to carry on their investigations, they are in constant danger of being arrested by the local chief constable, himself suspected of corrupt behaviour. Shortly after the two policemen called on Tomson, one of the candidates for the presidency, somebody tries to kill them. But they are able to intercept and arrest the gunner. To their surprise, he is none other than Reverend Drake. He claims to have missed the target on purpose, intending to draw the attention of the international press to the precarious political situation on the island. After the arrest of Reverend Drake, the chief constable at last has a pretext for apprehending Hannah and Favaro for illegal possession of firearms. But suddenly, to everybody's surprise, Sam McCready arrives on the scene and identifies himself as the interim governor of the island. He takes charge of the case himself. Lady Beatrix makes certain insinuations which lead Hannah to conjecture that she is the perpetrator of the governor's death. Her motive, like Drake's, appears to have been to draw inter-national attention to Sunshine. But Hannah has no proof for his theory. Meanwhile, Ernie Favaro believes to have found a hot scent in the case of his murdered colleague. When he had called on candidate Tomson, he had noticed a valuable edition of Milton's "Paradise Lost". This is the book his murdered collegue had mentioned in connection with the Medellin cartel. Favaro is able to convince governor Sam McCready that Tomson's house must be searched. But the governor prefers the elegant British solution and pays an official first visit to Tomson. This gives Favaro the opportunity to pocket the book. In it, he finds a microfilm with incriminatory data such as the names, bank accounts, business partners, funds etc. of the Medellin cartel. Tomson is shot when he tries to leave Sunshine. The presidential election is postponed until further notice. Sam McCready, who has already become used to the comforts of a diplomat's life, drinks to Lady Beatrix health on her veranda. He is quite willing to let sleeping dogs lie where the death of his predecessor is concerned, and to ask the widow no further questions...
- The late-night format of "The James Whale Radio Show" relocated in London. Recorded "as live" to save costs, James would later confess that the London shows "were never as anarchic".
- Two friends, Ann and Debbie, meet for drinks to discuss marriage difficulties.
- A music, talk and entertainment show that ran for a year before James returned to radio. Effectively the third series of Whale On (1993), James admitted that the title was changed just to make things easier.
- A program about Monarch Airlines, an airport, and vacationers which debuted in September 2001. The original broadcast run was cut short by September 11, 2001; it has since been rebroadcast in full.
- A thirteen part series to illustrate and discuss the factors affecting human health.
- Documentary about British politician Mo Mowlam, her pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process, and the internal Labour Party wranglings that led to her being sidelined.
- The essential critical review of Electric Light Orchestra during the Roy Wood years.
- We follow the team from Controlled Demolition Ltd as they implode two residential tower blocks in Sheffield. First use of cameras in, on top of and around the base of the building created an award wining record of the process.
- A look at the history of the satirical magazine "Private Eye" on its 30th anniversary.
- Jonathan Dimbleby travels around a recently liberated Kosovo to assess the impact the conflict has had. He questions the morality of the war and whether it was a conflict the UK should have been involved in. He meets Kosovars, Serbs and Romany on his way.
- A made-for-television interview biographical documentary with spy novelist John le Carré about his life and published work. He explains how he came to select the profession of the intelligence agent as the central character for his spy novels.
- A look back at five decades of the Booker Prize and how it revolutionized the world of literary fiction.
- Divorced magazine illustrator Faith Grayshott is dating her boss, editor Bill McGregor and arranges for him to meet her teen-aged children Hannah and Joe in a café. Unfortunately his interfering ex-wife Liza finds out and visits him at work, also demanding he returns a jardinière he has given to Faith. He takes her out for a platonic lunch but Faith gets the wrong idea and, when Bill turns up at her house, expecting to move in with her, she calls the plan off.
- Faith is still annoyed with Bill but he wins her round by cooking her a dinner at his flat. At the same time Liza visits Faith's house on the pretext of wanting to assure Faith that there is nothing between her and Bill but Hannah correctly surmises that she has come to pry. Bill is annoyed when he finds out about Liza's visit but Faith is even more annoyed that nobody told her whilst Bill also manages to antagonize Hannah by criticizing her new hairdo and Joe, after he has been acting as linesman at the boy's football match and awarded the other side a penalty.
- Bill and Faith plan a night of passion at Faith's house, which involves sending the children out on sleep-overs at friends' houses. Unfortunately the night is ruined when the dog refuses to get off the bed, the football pools collector calls and Joe is taken ill at his friend's. By the time Bill is ready for his night of love Faith has fallen asleep and he trips over the dog's bone and falls downstairs.
- Bill is moving in with Faith and he wants to take her out to celebrate but she has her Keep Fit class and wants to cook Joe a meal so declines the offer. Bill arrives home very late and very drunk and they argue when he accuses Faith of not being spontaneous. However, when he rings her from work claiming to be in Paris and asking her to jump on the next plane to join him she calls his bluff.
- James decides to turn his studio into a new restaurant, with food expert Roy Ackerman on hand as advisor. There's also magic from Lynx and psychic experiments with Lee Roberts, along with music from Todd Sharpville and Lana Super Icon.
- With Kooki away visiting Cannes with Baz Bamigboye, James gets a replacement in the form of Cindy Milo. Guests include musician and animal enthusiast Jon Downes, while the star booking is Richard O'Brien.
- All Evensford attends Lydia's grand 21st birthday party at the Aspen estate. Lydia is thrilled by the glamour of the party and the attention she receives from everyone. Lydia's admirers all want to make this a special occasion, none more than Richardson. Before the evening is out, spirits are dampened by disappointment and disaster.
- "I think that The South Bank Show will be looking to me as the new presenter", claims James after a sophisticated look at world culture involving streakers, Icelandic poetry and the star sign of "Cream Bun", as told by Charlie Chuck.