The Brilliant Brontë Sisters

Wuthering Heights. Jane Eyre. Villette. The Brontes, Anne, Charlotte and Emily, produced some of the most celebrated literary works in the English language. Books full of mystery and eroticism. But their own lives were far from exotic. Growing up in a remote part of England, they faced poverty, seclusion and tragedy. Actress Sheila Hancock tries to discover the women behind the masterpieces.