Brontë BBC Night

Tomorrow, on BBC4, we have a Brontë night:

November 19 at 21.00 The Brontës at the BBC (first aired in 2016)

An exploration of the BBC's long love affair with the lives and works of the Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne. For over half a century, the ill-fated literary dynasty has proved irresistible to drama and documentary makers alike, keen to reinvent their novels for new audiences. So we get Brontë heroines reimagined for each emerging generation, first as classic 1950s housewife material, then wild child '60s 'chicks', Gothic waifs and, finally, empowered modern women. The Brontë males, meanwhile, are restyled as assorted prigs, wife-beaters, even brooding prog rockers and, of course, wouldn't you know it, new men. Wonderful stuff.

November 19 at 22.00 Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens Remember... Jane Eyre

Actors Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens look back on the 2006 TV adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

November 19 at 22.20 Jane Eyre 2006 (Episodes 1,2,3 and 4)

November 19 at 02:00 The Brontë Business with Joan Bakewell 

Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontës, to see the setting in which the novelist worked and which has now become a tourist spot.