Based on Honore de Balzac's best selling novel, this 1971 BBC adaptation of Cousin Bette stars Margaret Tyzack (Victoria & Albert) and Helen Mirren (The Queen), alongside a stellar cast.

Cousin Bette is set against a back drop of decadent Parisian society. The poor cousin of Baroness Adeline Hulot, Lisbeth Fischer (Cousin Bette), nurses deep-seated jealousy and resentment against the Hulot family. She eventually takes her revenge on the ones that betrayed her and she will not rest until she has them eating out of the palm of her hand.