Suzanne Burden

This made-for-TV mini-series production of Charles Dickens' 1852 classic novel brings to life a host of his now-famous characters.

The seven-year siege of Troy by Greek forces has reached a stalemate. The Trojan King has carried off Helen, wife of Menelaus the Greek King and Achilles refuses to fight in order to secure her return. Into this setting comes the story of two young lovers, Troilus and Cressida, and that of Cressida's betrayal.

Starring Sir Patrick Stewart as Macbeth and Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth, Rupert Goold's immediate and visceral film is set in an undefined and threatening central European world. Shot on location in the mysterious underground labyrinth of Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, this is a contemporary presentation of Shakespeare's intense, claustrophobic and bloody drama.