| Uniform Title |
Misérables. (TV mini-series : 2018) |
| Title |
Les misérables. |
| Published |
Australia : British Broadcasting Corporation : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, ©2019. |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (360 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Roadshow Entertainment : R-125491-9. |
| Universal : DPA0552. |
| Originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC television network during 2018-2019. |
| "A ground-breaking adaptation of Victor Hugo's epic novel"-- Cover. |
| Bonus features : An introduction ; Battle of Waterloo ; The look of Les Misérables. |
| Contents |
Disc One. Episodes 1-3 -- Disc Two. Episodes 4-6. Bonus features. |
| Credits |
Directed by Tom Shankland. |
| Performers |
Dominic West, Lilly Collins, David Oyelowo, Adeel Akhtar, Johnny Flynn, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, David Bradley, Derek Jacobi, Ron Cook, Alan David, Kathryn Hunter, Olivia Colman, Enzo Cilenti, Josh O'Connor, Ellie Bamber, Erin Kellyman, Joseph Quinn, Donald Sumpter, Turlough Convery, Archie Madekwe. |
| Summary |
Adapted by the award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies, Les Misérables is the story of Jean Valjean and his nemesis, the police officer and former prison guard Javert, who is determined to bring him to justice. Meanwhile Fantine, a working class woman abandoned by her rich lover, is driven to increasingly desperate measures to provide for her young daughter. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 2,4 ; Aspect 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles: English SDH. |
| Subjects |
Hugo, Victor, -- 1802-1885 -- Television adaptations |
| Ex-convicts -- France -- Paris -- Drama |
| Orphans -- Drama |
| Redemption -- Drama |
| Social justice -- Drama |
| Adopted children -- Drama |
| Television mini-series -- Great Britain |
| Television programs, British |
| Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama |
| France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama |
| France -- History -- 1799-1914 -- Drama |
| France -- Social life and customs -- 1799-1914 -- Drama |
| Genre |
Historical television programs |
| Romance television programs |
| Television mini-series |
| Television adaptations |
| Fiction television programs |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Shankland, Tom director. |
| West, Dominic, 1969- actor. |
| Collins, Lily, 1989- actor. |
| Oyelowo, David actor. |
| Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Les misérables Television adaptation of (work): |
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