Vanity Fair
In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky Sharp.
Overview
In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky Sharp.
Julia Stannard
Producer
Episodes
1. Miss Sharp in the Presence of the Enemy
Lowly teaching assistant Becky issues headmistress Miss Pinkerton with an ultimatum – pay her properly to teach at her Academy for Young Ladies or find her a station elsewhere. Miss Pinkerton calls Becky's bluff, and Becky is forced to pack away her meagre possessions. Kindly stockbroker's daughter Amelia Sedley takes pity on the poor orphan and offers to take her home for the week.
2. Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends
In darkest Hampshire, Becky spends her days as governess to Sir Pitt Crawley’s neglected daughters. Her employer's handsome youngest son, Rawdon, does his best to interest Becky in a flirtation. But Becky's ambition is to get into her employer's good books, and soon she is promoted to the position of Sir Pitt's indispensable secretary.
3. A Quarrel About an Heiress
Becky lives with rich Aunt Matilda, and her future is looking bright. But as war clouds gather, everyone's fortunes take a tumble.
Cast & Crew
Olivia Cooke
Becky Sharp
Tom Bateman
Rawdon Crawley
Claudia Jessie
Amelia Sedley
Johnny Flynn
William Dobbin
Michael Palin
William Makepeace Thackeray
Frances de la Tour
Lady Matilda Crawley
