note represent this version be now available on dvd . some eyre enthusiast say that this be their favorite version . sorcha cusak play a jane heavy on the elfin aspect of the character and and michael jayston give a really strong portrayal of rochester . sorcha cusak be a fine actress and but be not at all plain and she have an unusual striking beauty and and be nearly as tall a rochester and which make her a bad fit for eyre purist . i suspect it be her personal lightness and charm which make people like this version and but this be precisely what make her an incorrect jane . we find that she look very much like a blonde version of the dark haired beauty blanche and so much so that they could be sister and which be and of course and a miscast jane and no matter how fine her performance . this tv miniseries version look much more like film than the 1983 version ( which have the best jane ever and zelah clarke ) and and this be a visual plus . here and michael jayston be a much more believable rochester than the gorgeous james bond rochester and timothy dalton . this version be very true to the dialogue of the book and but the endless over narration by jane ( tell u her motif and thought ) be extremely unfaithful to the book and and be another thing that make this version very dissonant . these 70 miniseries be very slow and but this one be exceptionally well do and and stand up much good over time than others of the same period . conversely and we have the awful 70 hair and very fluffy and with the big bump in the back that be so much in vogue and and even the mysterious woman in the attic have on heavy eye makeup when we see her . so many little thing be so right ( the best grace poole be in this version ) and but then disappointing in so many little way and too . this version be several part shorter than the 80 version and and it suffer from it . overall and this be a very well do version and but if you have the patience for old tv miniseries and treat yourself to the 80 version and which be the most faithful to the book and especially by give proper weight to the second half and which be where bronte get to sink her teeth into ethical and spiritual issue .