The Woman In White (1982) (DVD)

Not all villains wear black... On his last night in London, Walter Hartright's life is changed forever after a chance encounter with a mysterious woman, dressed in white and in deep distress. Travelling north, Hartright takes up a post as a drawing master to Laura Fairlie, a beautiful woman bearing an astonishing resemblance to the woman in white. Soon Hartfield, Laura and her half-sister Marian, find themselves drawn into to the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his charming friend Count Fosco, a man with a taste for white mice and vanilla bonbons. Only by unravelling the mystery woman's dark secret can they escape from the web of deceit closing around them. Chilling, thrilling and filled with suspense and twists, this compelling BBC adaptation perfectly recreates the intrigue and drama of a story credited as the first - and greatest "Sensation Novel". Ian Richardson (Bleak House. House of Cards), Diana Quick (Brideshead Revisited), John Shrapnel (The Palace) and Jenny Seagrove (Judge John Deed) star in the thrilling 1982 BBC adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic Victorian mystery novel.