A young couple's stormy romance scandalizes English society in this acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen's classic love story.

Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds of the Royal Shakespeare Company are the star-crossed lovers, Anne and Wentworth, whose passion is thwarted by a scheming socialite. Eight years later, when Anne is considered an old maid and her once-rich family is on the verge of bankruptcy, Wentworth returns. Will their second chance at love by ruined by the social conventions that destroyed it once?