Vanity Fair

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S01E03: A Quarrel About an Heiress

Becky lives with rich Aunt Matilda, and her future is looking bright. But as war clouds gather, everyone's fortunes take a tumble.

Overview

In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky Sharp.

Episodes

Miss Sharp in the Presence of the Enemy

S01E01 Miss Sharp in the Presence of the Enemy

September 2, 2018 48 min
Lowly teaching assistant Becky issues headmistress Miss Pinkerton with an ultimatum – pay her properly to teach at her Academy for Young Ladies or find her a station elsewhere. Miss Pinkerton calls Becky's bluff, and...
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Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

S01E02 Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends

September 3, 2018 8.0 48 min
In darkest Hampshire, Becky spends her days as governess to Sir Pitt Crawley’s neglected daughters. Her employer's handsome youngest son, Rawdon, does his best to interest Becky in a flirtation. But Becky's ambition is to...
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A Quarrel About an Heiress

S01E03 A Quarrel About an Heiress

September 9, 2018 8.0 48 min
Becky lives with rich Aunt Matilda, and her future is looking bright. But as war clouds gather, everyone's fortunes take a tumble.
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In Which Becky Joins Her Regiment

S01E04 In Which Becky Joins Her Regiment

September 16, 2018 5.5 48 min
When George refuses to apologise for his marriage to Amelia, his father sends him a letter, cutting him off from the family and denying him his inheritance. All the friends set sail for Belgium, where...
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In Which Battles Are Won and Lost

S01E05 In Which Battles Are Won and Lost

September 23, 2018 9.0 48 min
The Napoleonic Wars enter their decisive moment as the battle of Waterloo gets underway, with George fighting on the front line. Becky has come to the conclusion that war is not such a bad thing,...
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In Which a Painter's Daughter Meets a King

S01E06 In Which a Painter's Daughter Meets a King

September 30, 2018 9.0 48 min
Becky works out how to live well on nothing a year, but flies too high as she joins the dizzy ranks of lords, ladies and kings.
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Endings and Beginnings

S01E07 Endings and Beginnings

October 7, 2018 8.0 48 min
Becky is left alone in the world and living in greatly reduced circumstances when Steyne arranges for Rawdon to be shipped overseas. Dobbin discovers that Amelia plans to remarry, a revelation that inspires him to...
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Cast

Olivia Cooke
Olivia Cooke
Becky Sharp
Tom Bateman
Tom Bateman
Rawdon Crawley
Claudia Jessie
Claudia Jessie
Amelia Sedley
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
William Dobbin
Michael Palin
Michael Palin
William Makepeace Thackeray
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour
Lady Matilda Crawley
Sian Clifford
Sian Clifford
Martha Crawley
Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes
Sir Pitt Crawley
Charlie Rowe
Charlie Rowe
George Osborne
Ellie Kendrick
Ellie Kendrick
Jane Osborne
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh
John Osborne
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
John Sedley

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