"Emma," "Jane Eyre," "The woman in white," & "The death of a heart" are based on the novels by Jane Austen, Charlotte Brante, Wilkie Collins, & Elizabeth Bowen; "The lady's not for burning" is based on the play by Christopher Fry.

Dolby digital stereo, full screen 1.33:1.

DVD.

Kate Beckinsale, Ciaran Hinds, Tara Fitzgerald, Kenneth Branagh, Phyllis Calvert.

Originally broadcast on television 1987-1997.

Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her matchmaking creates problems for herself and others; a passionate young woman takes a job at Thornfield, an old house with a moody master and a demented third-floor tenant; a pair of half sisters get caught up in a conspiracy involving a mentally ill woman dressed in white; a drifter and a woman who has been accused of witchcraft are thrown together before their execution; an awkward teenager struggles to find her true self in the midst of a disastrous love affair.

TV rating: Not rated.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned.