Les Miserables -
Episode One?
Jean Valjean, freed after 19 years in prison, finds redemption through a bishop’s mercy. Reinvented as a factory owner, he’s hunted by the relentless Inspector Javert. Meanwhile, desperate Fantine dies entrusting Valjean with her daughter Cosette, whom he rescues from the cruel Thenardiers before fleeing to Paris.?
Episode Two?
Valjean and Cosette find refuge in a convent, living peacefully until Marius, a young revolutionary, falls for Cosette. Discovering Valjean’s past, Javert closes in. Marius unknowingly foils a Thenardier plot against Valjean, who escapes again. Lives intersect as love deepens, secrets surface, and destinies inch toward revolution.?
Episode Three?
As revolution brews, Marius joins the barricades; the Thenardiers’ daughter Eponine dies protecting him. Valjean saves Marius and spares Javert, who, unable to reconcile justice and mercy, takes his life. Marius and Cosette marry, unaware of Valjean’s sacrifice - until the truth emerges. They reunite with Valjean as he dies, finally at peace.?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame – An adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic tale set in 15th-century Paris, dramatised in a collaboration between the BBC and Graeae, the disabled-led theatre company. Starring deaf actor David Bower, artistic director of Signdance Collective.
Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, hides away in the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral, friendless and ashamed of his appearance. When the bewitching gypsy Esmeralda arrives in Paris, Quasimodo falls in love with her from afar.
