Francesca Annis and Tom Conti star in this acclaimed UK miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic tale of one woman's attempts to mold her own unfulfilling life in the shape of her favorite romantic novels.
Episodes
Marriage
Charles and Emma Bovary marry but their marriage is an unhappy one.
First Love
Emma and Charles move to a village named Yonville where Emma becomes attracted to law student Leon Dupuis.
Lost Love
Emma has a passionate affair with a patient of her husband but it ends with her getting unceremoniously dumped.
Judgement
Having mortgaged her husband's estate with her extravagant spending, Emma becomes desperate for money to pay her debts.
Top Cast
Francesca Annis
Emma Bovary
Tom Conti
Charles Bovary
David Waller
Father Bournisien
Ray Smith
Homais
Gabrielle Lloyd
Felicite
Brian Stirner
Leon Dupuis
Kathleen Helme
Madame Bovary ; Charles's Mother
Michael Poole
Dr. Canivet
Bernard Taylor
Girard
John Tordoff
Hippolyte
