Cranford: June 1842
7:30pm
In this repeat screening of Cranford, Oscar-winner Judi Dench leads a magnificent ensemble cast in this witty and poignant adaptation of three classic Elizabeth Gaskell novels. This uniquely rich and comic drama follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford during one extraordinary year.
Hornblower: The Even Chance
8:30pm
Repeating on ABC2, Hornblower is set in England, 1793, and beneath the rolling clouds of a January gale, a shoreboat cuts through the churning waters of Spithead Harbour to where the battleship Justinian rides at anchor. Huddled wet and shivering in the sternsheets of the shoreboat, a pale thin fifteen-year-old boy named Horatio Hornblower is about to embark upon the greatest adventure of his life...