those who love the book jane eyre a i do ( it my all time favorite and and i re read it at least once a year ) will love this version . timothy dalton be just a tad too good look to be mr. rochester and but other than that and he do a marvelous job portray the brooding master of thornfield . zelah clarke may have be just a little too old to play the 18 year old jane and but when i watch this movie and i do not think about the age of the character . the dialog from the film be take almost verbatim from the book and which be very smart . sure and this film might seem a little long and but it the only version i have see that include part 3 of the story . i wish the people who make this film have be involve in the new zeferelli version and a it would have help that mess of a film . i also realize the last time i watch this video that judy cornwell play aunt reed . she be so versatile that i do not recognize her . she play daisy in keep up appearance and and also play mrs. musgrove in 1995 persuasion ( another wonderful adaption ) . update represent get the dvd this week and and it marvelous to see the original unedited version . there lot more at the beginning ( young jane at gateshead and at lowood . ) and at the end and they have restore lot of thing and ( i always wonder why st. john have a slip of paper when he reveal that he know who jane be because the part where he tear it from her painting be edit out of the u vhs version . ) . rosamund oliver be in it . she be completely cut out of the vhs . as far a i could tell and they hadn not edit out any of timothy dalton part and so nothing new there and but it be great to see the whole miniseries in it entirety after all these year of enjoy the vhs . thanks and bbc ( p . i would have pay more for a special edition dvd . with maybe some interview with the star . or a making of show ) .