Vanity Fair

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Gwyneth Hughes' adaptation of Thackeray's literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of "villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing", takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes.

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Olivia Cooke actor Tom Bateman actor Michael Palin actor Johnny Flynn actor Claudia Jessie actor Simon Russell Beale actor Robert Pugh actor Martin Clunes actor Charlie Rowe actor David Fynn actor Sian Clifford actor Claire Skinner actor Mathew Baynton actor Felicity Montagu actor Monica Dolan actor Frances de la Tour actor Anthony Stewart Head actor Suranne Jones actor