Amanda Hale and Tom Burke superstar in a whole new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved book, adapted by Rachel Joyce.

Orphan Jane learns young that self-control may be the surest method of retaining self-respect in adversity. It really is a lesson that serves her well in the years ahead as she endures the misery of life with her cruel, uncaring aunt, followed by the harsh program at Lowood Organization, a charity school for poor kids.

After taking the post of about Jane Eyre: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation governess at Thornfield Hall, she fulfills the master of the house, the brooding, enigmatic Edward Rochester, and finds herself falling in love with him. It seems as if happiness may finally be within her grasp – but some strange events prospects her to trust that Rochester is definitely concealing a dark magic formula. When the simple truth is revealed, the heartbroken Jane will need all her inner power and resilience to handle up to it…

Dramatised for radio by bestselling novelist Rachel Joyce (The Improbable Pilgrimage of Harold Fry), this iconic love story stars Amanda Hale as Jane and Tom Burke as Rochester. Suffused with romance, passion, mystery and danger, it is a spellbinding tale that’s as genuine and relevant today as when it was first published in 1847.

Length of time: 2 hours 30 mins approx.