Jamaica Inn (1983 TV series) Jamaica Inn (1983 TV series) Jamaica Inn is a 1983 British television miniseries adapted from the novel "Jamaica Inn" by Daphne du Maurier. It is a gothic period piece of piracy, smuggling and murder set in northeastern Cornwall, England in the early 19th century and stars Jane Seymour, Patrick McGoohan and Trevor Eve. It was directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. The production is set in Cornwall, England in the early 19th century, centered on a free house, 'Jamaica Inn' in Bodmin Moor near modern Bolventor. When her seafaring husband dies in the destruction of his sailing ship by wreckers on
Jamaica Inn (1983 TV series) the Cornish coast in the early 1800s, the shock causes Martha Yellan’s mental health to deteriorate. She plans to send her daughter Mary to stay with Martha’s sister Patience. Shortly thereafter, Martha dies. Mary leaves her home town of Helston. Patience has married Joss Merlyn, the innkeeper of Jamaica Inn, located on a lonely stretch of road in Bodmin Moor. Mary quickly finds out that Patience lives in fear of her husband, who turns violent when drunk and whose regular guests include ruffians and criminals. She also discovers that illegal activity is going on, with goods loaded on wagons at