Please note the reported sound issues are not repeated on the DVD as the correct balance has been applied. The new hauntingly powerful BBC adaptation of Daphne du Mauriers gothic romance novel Jamaica Inn starring Jessica Brown Findlay & Matthew Mc Nulty. From the BAFTA winning director Phillipa Lowthorpe (Call The Midwife) & written by Golden Globe nominated Emma Frost (The White Queen Shameless) comes this exhilarating dramatic adaptation of Daphne Du Mauriers classic iconic book Jamaica Inn. Set in 1821 against the forbidding backdrop of windswept Cornish moors the story follows the journey of spirited Mary (Brown Findlay) who is forced to live with her Aunt Patience (Joanne Whalley) after the death of her mother. Mary arrives at the isolated Jamaica Inn to discover her Aunt is a shell of the carefree woman she remembers from her childhood & instead finds a drudge who is firmly under the spell of her domineering husband Joss (Sean Harris). The Inn has no guests
- the rooms are locked & kept for storage
- but it soon becomes clear that its a cover as Joss is the leader of a smuggling ring & Jamaica Inn the hub of his free trade. As Mary gets drawn into the dangerous world of smuggling she finds herself attracted to Jem Merlyn (Mc Nulty) Josss roughly handsome younger brother. But he stands for everything that Mary despises & worse she fears that hes involved in Josss gang. Marys morals & loyalties become deeply conflicted. Who can she trust? Can she even trust herself? Seeking guidance Mary visits the parish vicar Francis Davey (Ben Daniels) & his sister Hannah (Shirley Henderson). But can they help her to navigate this dangerous new world & do the right thing or will she lose herself in everybody elses criminality? When Mary finds herself in peril for her own life she is tested to the core & shes forced to find out what shes really made from.