Becky Sharp

A sharp, pre-Code social climb that feels both deliciously cynical and quietly tragic, with a haunting final image.

A sharp, elegant costume drama that watches its scheming heroine with amused, slightly cruel detachment.

Lavish, talky costume drama of drawing-room scheming and social climbing, savoured for its wit, gowns and quietly cutting glances.

A lush, sweeping costume drama that immerses you in a world of social climbing and romantic entanglements, with a sharp-eyed heroine.

A patient, sharply observed costume drama that watches social climbing with cool irony and a quietly melancholy eye.

A lush, intimate period romance that sweeps you into longing glances and verbal sparring, with a warm, lived-in texture.

A wry, gorgeously costumed climb through society, watching a clever outsider charm and scheme her way upward with knowing amusement.

A lush, bittersweet romance that traces innocence curdling into cynicism, carried by a magnetic star and a melancholy ache.

A glittering, talky backstage drama where wit and ambition cut like knives, leaving a lingering chill about what people will do to be adored.

A talky, stage-bound battle of wits that feels like watching a filmed play, with wit but little visual life.

A slow, emotionally wrenching drama of ambition and doomed love, steeped in post-war British class tensions and quiet devastation.

A cool, restrained sixties drama of restless desire and social climbing, drifting through drawing rooms with quiet dissatisfaction.