Jane Eyre...............Sorcha Cusack
Edward Rochester........Michael Jayston

listed alphabetically

Abbott..................Peggy Aitchison
Mr. Lloyd...............John Baddeley
Bessie..................Brigid Erin Bates
Blanche Ingram..........Stephanie Beacham
Louisa Eshton...........Sue Bishop
Mary Rivers.............Susan Brodrick
Carter..................Keith Campbell
Leah....................Hazel Clyne
Henry Lynn..............Nigel Crewe
Richard Mason...........Edward de Souza
Wood....................Eric Dodson
Mrs. Dent...............Eileen Erskine
Robert Leaven...........Desmond Gill
Miss Miller.............Jacki Harding
Mrs. Eshton.............Joy Harington
Diana Rivers............Caroline Harris
Mrs. Reed...............Jean Harvey
Helen Burns.............Tina Heath
Grace Poole.............Zara Jaber
Miss Temple.............Susan Jameson
Mrs. Fairfax............Megs Jenkins
Georgiana Reed..........Caroline Jewson
Bertha Mason............Brenda Kempner
Mary Ingram.............Rosemary Kingston
Sophie..................Anna Korwin
Lady Lynn...............Mary Laine
Lady Ingram.............Jacqueline Maude
John....................Ronald Mayer
Innkeeper...............Frank Mills
Lord Ingram.............Richard Ommanney
Ruth....................Susan Payne
Mr. Brocklehurst........John Philips
Sam.....................Paul Prescott
Adele...................Isabelle Rosin
John Reed...............Terence Sheppard
Colonel Dent............Richard Simpson
Amy Eshton..............Emma Stephenson
Eliza Reed..............Amanda Stone
Miss. Scatcherd..........Ann Tirard
Jane as a child.........Juliet Waley
Briggs..................Antony Webb
St. John Rivers.........Geoffrey Whitehead
Hannah..................Anna Wing

Directed by Joan Craft
Produced by John McRae
Adapted from the novel by Robin Chapman
Script editor- Alistair Bell
Make-up- Elizabeth Rowell
Costumes- Roger Reece
Designer- Stuart Walker
Studio Lighting- Peter Catlett
Studio Sound- Ray Angel

This is the official synopsis and original transmission time and dates, taken from the Radio Times - the UK magazine for TV and radio schedules.

Part 1

BBC Two England, Thursday 27 September 1973 20.30

Synopsis:
by CHARLOTTE BRONTE dramatised in five parts by ROBIN CHAPMAN

A new dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel.

Set in mid-19th century England, the moving story of an unwanted orphan girl; of her spirited fight against adversity and her search for love and happiness in a harsh, class-ridden society. Part 1

Part 2

BBC Two England, Thursday 4 October 1973 20.30

Synopsis:
by CHARLOTTE BRONTE: dramatised in five parts by ROBIN CHAPMAN

Part 2: Jane has become governess to Adele, Mr Rochester 's ward. Returning home after a long absence. Rochester has fallen from his horse and sprained his ankle. Jane helped him, unaware of his identity.

Part 3

BBC Two England, Thursday 11 October 1973 20.30

Synopsis:
by CHARLOTTE BRONTE : dramatised in five parts by ROBIN CHAPMAN

Part 3: Jane is conscious of a mystery that hangs over Thorn-field. One night fire broke out in Rochester's bedroom and she saved his life.

Part 4

BBC Two England, Thursday 18 October 1973 20.30
by CHARLOTTE BRONTE: dramatised in five parts by ROBIN CHAPMAN

Michael Jayston as Rochester and Sorcha Cusack as Jane

Part 4: Jane has fallen in love with Rochester but it seems inevitable that he will marry Blanche. Mrs Reed. on her death-bed, told Jane that she deliberately suppressed news that would have been to Jane's advantage.

Part 5

BBC Two England, Thursday 26 October 1973 20.30
by CHARLOTTE BRONTE: dramatised in five parts by ROBIN CHAPMAN

The marriage of Jane and Rochester is prevented at the last moment by the revelation that he already has a wife, a lunatic, kept hidden at Thornfield. Part 5