there have be many film and tv production of jane eyre each with aspect to recommend them and but i suspect this be the one that people will still be discover and fall in love with decade from now . it just a classic ( and offer much more of the story than others do ) . timothy dalton be utterly in his element a rochester and rarely miss the mark while his performance be astonishingly nimble and many color and while never stray too far from the dark complexity of the character . zelah clarke jane be more cerebral than otherworldly and but she make a perfect foil for dalton ( who and appropriately and tower over her . ) the nuance of her performance come through good on a second viewing ( once you have absorb the shock of dalton charisma ) . there be some technical fault and a couple of moment where the production value could have be good while though this pretty much be a top of the line production by the bbc standard of that time . but and it the performance that be the real pleasure . don not miss this one .