Great literature on the small screen: from novel to TV series

As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.

The story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past and their fate.

In the hinterland of Asia Minor in the village Lykovrysi 1921. Residents had an old custom, every seven years did the representation of the Passion of Christ and had to choose some of the men of the village that portrays the Apostles and one that impersonated him Christ. The elders of the village gather and decide who they will assign the roles. The elders decide to give John the role of the Patriarcheas son, Michelis, the role of Peter in Giannakos, the role of Magdalen in Katerina, the harlot of the village, the role of Judas in Panagiotaros, and finally the role of Christ in the most an innocent man who was none other than the shepherd of the sheep of Patriarcheas, Manolios. Then refugees arrive from a distant village that the Turks looted and try to find a place to settle down with what valuable things they managed to get with them. Their chief is a priest, Papa-Fotis. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of Lykovrisi drove them instigated by Papa-Grigoris not to let them stay because they found that one of the refugee women had cholera. Manolios, however, with Giannakos, Michelis and the other "apostles" tells them to go to Sarakina where there are caves to stay there. But the dealers do not want them either.

As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories of his forbidden love affair with a French woman.

Spanning decades, the saga contrasts obsessive Soames, clinging to wife Irene, and Jolyon, leaving for his kids' governess. Their diverging paths intertwine, bringing highs and lows to the upper-class Forsyte clan.

After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.

Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.

The quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.

While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.

Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

Limited series adaptation of the classic Joseph Heller novel. Follows Captain John Yossarian and airmen in World War II.

In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.

Characters live in an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was defeated in the U.S. presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.

Gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days.

Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris once more.

In late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.

In 1327, an enlightened friar and his young apprentice investigate a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey risking the wrath of a powerful Inquisitor. Television adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel 'The Name of the Rose'.

The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.

Screen adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel which begins in the years after the American Civil War and, through the story of the Trask family, brings to light a struggle and conflict inherent in the human condition.

Ernest Hemingway's famous story of the Spanish Civil War concerns an attempt by partisans to blow up a bridge.