Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre are getting the microdrama treatment

The Telegraph and Argus reports that the Brontë Parsonage Museum is celebrating the 10th anniversary of To Walk Invisible.

The Brontë Parsonage Museum has launched an exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of the BBC drama 'To Walk Invisible', which told the story of the Brontë sisters.

Located at the Parsonage in Haworth the exhibition will run until December 31, 2026. It explores the making of the 2016 BBC drama, featuring costumes, props, set designs, and production notes.

Mia Ferullo, digital engagement officer at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, said: "Over the past ten years To Walk Invisible has become a film cherished by many Brontë fans.

"It offers an authentic, well-researched interpretation of the sisters and their lives.

"We wanted to celebrate this anniversary by showcasing the creative team's process including a behind the scenes look at the screenplay, set design and costume design."

The drama starred Finn Atkins as Charlotte Brontë, Charlie Murphy as Anne, Chloe Pirrie as Emily. 

Four original costumes designed by Tom Pye are on display in the museum’s period rooms, including a dress for each sister placed around the dining room table where they famously wrote their novels.

An additional costume for Emily is exhibited in the kitchen.

Ms Ferullo said: "In the dining room, we have Emily's lightning print dress, worn in the film by Chloe Pirrie.

"There is a story that while shopping in Bradford, Emily had selected a material with a lightning print on it, sadly the original dress no longer exists.

"The costume designer Tom Pye liked this anecdote and decided to recreate it for the film."

She believes the costumes help visitors imagine the sisters as they once were.

Ms Ferullo said: "I think displaying the costumes can help visitors visualise the family within the space, you can imagine the sisters walking around the dining room table discussing their writings.

"The cast were all similar heights to the original Brontë family, so you also get an idea of the height difference between them."

Other artefacts from the drama on display include bonnets, Branwell’s top hat, and his nightshirt.

Visitors can also see a recreation of the "Gun Group Portrait" of the siblings, concept art by set designer Grant Montgomery, and a prototype model of the Parsonage set.

Ms Ferullo talked about director Sally Wainwrights aim to present the Brontë family in a way they hadn't been portrayed previously.

"She wanted to portray them as a real family, challenging some of the myths around them."

She praised the production team’s dedication to authenticity, noting that Mr Montgomery measured every flagstone in the original Parsonage to ensure the replica set was as accurate as possible.

It also sits alongside the museum’s ongoing exploration of Brontë screen adaptations.

Props from Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming version of Wuthering Heights are already on display, and the museum has previously hosted exhibitions on cinematic interpretations of the Brontë family’s work from around the world. (Amelia Short)

Still in Yorkshire, Harrogate Informer features the work of designer jeweller Joanne Gowan.

Based in her studio in Pateley Bridge, the local artisan has already spent several years developing a single, monumental piece. She intends for it to eventually earn that prized status of a family heirloom through what she describes as the slow process of thinking. 

Joanne Gowan:

I had the idea to produce a Wuthering Heights piece about two years ago when I moved to North Yorkshire, celebrating the first connection I had with the area from reading the Brontë novels from the age of 10.

This Emily Brontë piece sort of ate into my subconscious on so many levels: spiritual ideas, eternal love, passion, the wild of the landscape, and the contrast of good and evil, all wrapped into one.

When Gowan joins a curated group of the UK’s top contemporary jewellers and silversmiths for the three-day Acquire selling show at Ampleforth Abbey, visitors will have a rare, exclusive opportunity to view her work-in-progress. The creative journey behind the piece spans from the rugged Yorkshire moors to the historic gemstone cutting centers of Germany.

Joanne Gowan:

Initially, I took some images from illustrations of Cathy in early book editions and contacted my gem dealer in York, R.M. Weare. They sourced a highly talented gemstone carver in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.

The rock crystal carving then took over six months to develop, with lots of input back and forth during the cutting process.

Meanwhile, I re-read the novel several more times to narrow down the exact elements I wanted to include. After that, a lot of the designing happens in my head. Over the months I get a clear mental vision, and then on the right day, I sit down and work it all out on paper.

The final design is a complex vignette, or picture piece, engineered to be worn as a high-end brooch or pendant, or displayed standalone as a miniature work of art. It captures the haunting, pivotal moment when Cathy appears at the window—a scene that defines the emotional landscape of the entire novel.

Framed within a window meticulously carved from soapstone, the structure mimics the box bed window of Ponden Hall near Haworth, widely believed to be Emily Brontë’s real-world inspiration for the scene.

Joanne Gowan:

Cathy, rendered in rock crystal, will appear to be coming through the leaded glass. The Ash tree leaves knock against the window, representing the moment when Nelly speaks to Heathcliff on the morning of Cathy’s death and he leans against the tree. In the foreground sill is a sprig of Yew with its toxic red berries, representing the bridge between mortal death, endurance, and the supernatural spirit. Alongside it sits a bunch of yellow crocuses—the earliest spring flowers brought to Cathy’s bedside by Edgar Linton, representing renewal and hope. This beautifully ties to the end of the novel, when the children of Cathy and Heathcliff reach an eventual mutual connection.

The breath-taking final piece will be constructed from a rich palette of premium materials: rock crystal, soapstone, sterling silver, 18ct yellow and red gold, black rhodium plating, platinum, vivid rubies, and yellow sapphires. [...]

The original design sketch and the German-carved rock crystal component will be publicly displayed for the first time at the Acquire event, where the finished masterpiece will be open for official commission.

Event Details

The design sketch and rock crystal carving will be on display at the annual Acquire exhibition, curated by Joanne Gowan.

Venue: Alban House, Ampleforth Abbey estate, North York Moors, YO62 4EN

Dates: Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September 2026

Opening Times: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM daily

Admission: Free entry to the exhibition. The daily specialist guest talks curated by Susan Rumfitt are ticketed.

Also in The York Press and others.

And now for an exclusive from Deadline:

EXCLUSIVE: Literary classics such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre are getting the microdrama treatment.

This is through the latest entrant into the microdrama field, LoveHit, an L.A.-based studio and app focused on originals based on classic literary adaptations.

LoveHit, which launches this month, has a vertical video slate built entirely from classic novels in the public domain. At launch, this will comprise Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, The Great Gatsby and Beauty and the Beast. More are in post-production, including Dangerous Liaisons, The Scarlett Letter and Les Misérables.

Each has been written, shot and edited as both a vertical series and a horizontial features, with the latter being readied for TV and streaming buyers worldwide attending MIPCOM on October 12-15 in Cannes. Series will last roughly 50 episodes running between one and three minutes, with the films at 90 minutes.

Actors appearing in the titles include microdrama regulars Meg Bush, Tyler Harlow and Sophie Swiszcz, along film, television and stage stars. These include Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts, who appears in Jane Eyre, which stars Raina Silver and Tyler Harlow. Ethan Vaughan and Jean Evans will star in Wuthering Heights, which is relocated to a present day American ranch. A vertical cut of the show launched on the LoveHit app on August 27 ahead of the full launch. [...]

“There isn’t a market in the world where these titles need much of an introduction,” said Lenny Levi, CEO of LoveHit. “Every generation has adapted them, and every generation finds its own reason to connect with them. That’s what makes them evergreen.” (Jesse Whittock)

Entretanto Magazine (in Spanish) has a review of Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights. Le Nouvel Observateur (France) features Lilia Hassaine's Jane Eyre retelling JE.