The Brilliant Bronte Sisters

The Brilliant Bronte Sisters 2013 A Documentary about The Bronte Sisters from ITV & Hosted By Sheila Hancock.

[@annaghost]

"my childhood heartthrob was a psychopath" LOL i love this woman

[@MMVaz]

This family was so talented. It's amazing how their writing speaks to us even today.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

I suppose it depends on what your background is, to me they are just boring and I think you have to be from high society to understand them..

[@ColombianMusclePapi]

"Heathcliff, it's me, your Cathy... I've come home, I'm so cold. Let me in through your window"

[@philipclayberg4928]

"Twenty years. I've been a waif for twenty years."

[@BoudicaJ]

It gets dark! It gets lonely on the other side from you

[@belindadrake5487]

@@philipclayberg4928 ha usually

[@zappawench6048]

Amazing to think that Jane Eyre was written in just a few weeks, immediately after her first book had been rejected! I thank God for her tenacity which has given such a wonderful novel to the world.

[@normal3705]

Yet they all have their distinct personalities. Charlotte-the ambitious one who travels and takes chances and feels success is her destiny. Emily- the angry, perhaps paranoid and non social one. She loathed traveling and opted to stay in her small imaginative world, but was probably a genius. Anne- a kind, humble, social worker sort. Probably the most well rounded and "normal' of the lot. Poor Branwell...also likely very intelligent but carried the disease of addiction and had no male role model with whom he could identify. Shows how siblings, all raised similarly are, by nature, unique.

[@bmr4566]

i think you meant to write that Charlotte was ambitious and she wasn't averse to lying, cheating and even murder get what she wants. A true psychopath indeed. Didn't you watch the clips? Evidence 1. her failed romance and delusions of a male teacher whom she claimed led her on- obssessive delusions of herself and people. 2. She hid Emily's last manucript, yet to be be published, from the world, as she never wanted Emily to become even more famous, or perhaps she intended to plagarize it completely for herself. She had some of her sister's unpublished poems published after their deaths, but she changed some of the words and added her name, claiming credit for some of them. 3. After her sister's death she spoke about them publicly, calling them uneducated and simple...when it's clear her sisters were very educated, voracious readers and brilliant writers. 4. While teaching at the very boarding school she herself attended as a young woman, she wrote back to her friends about how angry she was at having to teach and dismissed her young pupils being dense and course. She was so full of herself...she wanted all the money, all the attention, all the fame and glory, and she'd even murder her sisters to steal that from her sister.

[@TheTruthwillOut442]

I have revisited all the classics during lock down and just finished Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and I now am reading Villette for the first time..

[@DaleJoyce]

That's lovely to hear, I've not read Villette myself as yet 😁😘

[@fahds2583]

i'm unable to decide between 'Far from the maddening crowd' vs 'Jane Eyre' .. help me :)

[@raghunandanhv1]

I have read Jane Eyre twice and the professor once and really enjoyed reading both the novels, although reading the professor took me more time due to lot of French dialogues.

[@Tracydot3]

I just started reading Jane Eyre for the first time and am already in love with the Bronte sisters. This documentary was really well done and I liked the passion from the host. She really feels their art.

[@deborahhoffman7394]

It’s wonderful how the Bronte sisters learned to love life although living in a bleak landscape in a way. Reveals the power of imagination.

[@annetekoul]

I have worshiped Jane Eyre ever since i remember myself. I consider it the book of my heart. Jane has been a wonderful role model for me. Through Charlotte i met Emily and her masterpiece Wuthering heights, such a strong novel written by a talented spirit. I only met Anne now with her lovely tenant of Wildfell Hall, yet another fascinating read and i can say only one thing, those Bronte Girls were amazing and their legacy will live forever , even though it's sad that they all left this world at such a young age. Just imagine of what other brilliant novels they would give to the world, had they lived longer!

[@amany247]

No god but Allah Islam way for peace and the real monotheism Search for the truth and right way with honest heart And ask him for the right way for his mercy.

[@KatrinaLeFey]

Absolutely

[@raffinee_3763]

I often wonder about the father, Patrick and how he coped surviving the death of his wife and all his children. He is as fascinating to me as his brilliant children.

[@Melodyloveshorses1]

I tend to view him as angry & depressed; selfish and controlling. I've read a lot about him.

[@MichaelSmith-tp1pj]

Try reading MAN OF SORROW by John Lock and canon W.L Dixon.

[@theoriginalsuzycat]

Oh me too. I mean he literally climbed out of bog poverty into a comparatively wealthy and revered life with a canny religion change and what must have been whip-smart skills and some charm. He was SO ambitious. Branwell is my secret fave. He's such a terrible mess. Those poor girls running round dealing with his addiction and crazy behaviours, it must have been so difficult especially given how much the whole family idolised him at first.

[@raffinee_3763]

@@Melodyloveshorses1 He buried six children and a wife is that not punishment enough? Jeez........

[@growingstrong1009]

I agree! Pretty talented man himself.

[@Bellatrix184]

Wuthering Heights is been my favorite book for nearly 10 years. I've been reading Emily's poems and that just made me fall in love for her writing even more. I just read Jane Eyre for the first, I've never read such a fluid book, specially a classic, Charlotte was so talented and she seemed like a strong will woman, like her sisters. I nearly cried hearing Anne's last words, is such a sad thing they all died young. I really like that this documentary didn't painted neither of them as villains, I've seen so much documentaries and essays that strong criticize Charlotte for what she wrote about her sisters works, or Brainwell because of his issues. I can't help but feel bad not just for Charlotte but also for Patrick, he buried all his children and wife, that must've been so painful. I really hope one day visit all places related to the brontes, see their museum, see Brainwell's original painting, visit their place of rest. Great documentary, the lady is so charismatic and enthusiastic about, loved her.

[@delilahhart4398]

I think that one thing that helped the Brontes develop their imaginations and talents was a lack of TV, radio, or Internet.

[@judydoyle1124]

Delilah Hart creating their own distractions rather than tuning into someone else’s

[@ctmjr2012]

Yessss, of course

[@theoriginalsuzycat]

But they read current magazines and books - the equivalent at the time - voraciously.

[@emmcatherine1460]

I so agree

[@zenkiea9663]

Amen!

[@JanetteHeffernan]

At last a frank documentary about the Brontes. Hancock is so right about Anne Bronte. I have always felt Ann has been undervalued and it is heartening to see that at last Anne is getting the recognition she deserves.

[@teenherofilms]

Here is Charlotte Bronte speaking through the independent direct mediimship of Mr Leslie Flint in 1967 adcguides.com/LF_CharlotteBrontequicktime.htm

[@DaleJoyce]

Janette Miller And mine too please . . What a beautiful older classy and passionate woman she is 😅 xxx

[@DaleJoyce]

Janette Miller Very well observed and my own feelings run parallel to yours . . I wish they would've moved her back to the Haworth church vault for her final resting place, instead of being left alone in Scarborough, it kinda makes me feel a little sad that she's alone and away from her family . . More so with her being the youngest too 😕 xxx

[@DaleJoyce]

Thank you for your contribution and for being kind with your thanks ☺ 💖 xxx

[@teenherofilms]

adcguides.com/LF_CharlotteBrontequicktime.htm This recording of Charlotte Bronte speaking in 1966 through he independent direct voice mediumship of Mr Leslie Flint is more than interesting. Charlotte Brontë was a well-known author during the nineteenth century. Her most famous work is Jane Eyre, published in 1847. She had a little difficulty, at first, in using the voice box mechanism. She explains how difficult it is as she becomes acquainted with the mechanism. After an initial period, her speaking becomes very clear and flows smoothly. She says that Emily Brontë, here sister, is with her. She remarks that much is unrecognizable about the Earth when she returns to it. She says that she has met many people whom she was not able to meet on Earth, including Jane Austin. She says she is very anxious to continue to write, and she wishes to inspire authors on Earth. Many thoughts penned on Earth, she explains, have been inspired from the other side. Humanity draws those on the other side close to the Earth. When they see tragedy and difficulty, they feel the need and urgency to help to help, uplift, guide, and comfort, standing in the background. Their influence is brought to bear here and there, she says. She says that she has been to the Leslie Flint seance meetings and has watched with great interest. Many souls stand unobtrusively in the background, "as though in the wings, waiting for the curtain to rise to make their entrance." She says that when the sitters are there with the medium, souls are able to come through to give upliftment and encouragement. Even when things don't seem to be happening, "much is being done," she says. Those on the other side are like "scene shifters" whose role is important to the production. She says that all on the other side work as a company, together. Many souls are drawn by the light of the Leslie Flint group because they desire to help people out of the darkness into the light. Those on the other side come in an unselfish way to serve. She says to the sitters that Caruso, for whom the musical sitters have much affection, is often around them, as well as other great seers. Many come who have been drawn to the group. There are many souls on the other side who play spiritual roles in the lives of people on earth, she explains. "It is said, in the Good Book, that 'He shall give his angels charge concerning these,' and many are those who have angels, souls, beings of high order, who on Earth themselves were famous, who continue on the other side to serve and perfect their art. They return to help some soul in their efforts to strive to achieve, to develop their talents." Sometimes, without their knowledge, these people on Earth are helped. In the sleep state, they leave the physical body and enter the spheres of the spirit world, where they receive assistance. They retain some of these memories in their subconscious when they awaken, and they are drawn out when needed. Often, when a person is fully unconscious or unaware, inspiration comes that is given to them. She said, "We never cease to stop helping, whether it is in our own life and condition on this side or on yours. We are sometimes, in a sense, living in two worlds at the same time, partaking of your world to some measure, for it's good. We have our own environment and condition, learning more and more and trying to pass it on to you." She explains that especially artists are inspired. People can also be impressed about a path they should take that will change their lives. When someone is depressed, with no where to turn, those on the other side are there to comfort them, so they see, like a ray of light, what to do, and go on. She says, "Where there is faith in the power of the Holy Spirit, all things are possible. Nothing is impossible." She explains that in her physical existence, some days seemed dark and dreary. She was aware of the many whose lives were being spoiled, sometimes by their own foolishness, but sometimes by the pressures of those in higher places. They had little support from any quarter. She says she remembered so well people whose lives were dull and dreary, with no benefactors and no way to turn. No one today could imagine the poverty that existed during her time. The world today has changed for the better. She says she continues to write and has books that are not published. She wonders whether they will ever be published. The greatest books live on, she says. The great works of art do not die, whether in music, song, writing, or whatever gift that is of the spirit--it is indestructible. Much is written that is of no consequence, of course. Sometimes people have to do hacking work, but they do get pleasure, enlightenment, and upliftment from the other side that takes them out of their depression temporarily. Sometimes, the medicine may not taste too good, but it has a curative power. Sometimes things are taken into the heart and into the head to serve a purpose. She says that those who are suffering haven't reached the utmost rung of the ladder, but whatever rung they have reached, as they climb, they have learned. Some who seem to have reached the top rung of the world's ladder are thrust from the top to the bottom. But for the person who takes the opportunities to climb the ladder of spiritual profession, there is no need to fear, for each rung has been built by endeavors of sincerity and purpose, for good, and will never loosen. And each rung is a rung others may climb because that person has put it firmly in place by this spiritual profession. She tells the group that they are progressing slowly, but surely to the heights, and the ladder they were building between two worlds was a ladder of great strength. She believes that the sitters will write a great book that will be an everlasting work, like a textbook of the spirit. The time is not far distant when they will feel compelled to do it, she says. It will be a book that will appeal to all men, irrespective of class, color, or creed. Many will be enlightened by it. Those on the other side will come with them on the voyage. She explains that it is not possible for anyone on the Earth plane to realize the number of souls around us. Even when we're in a plane, they are there. Everyone on the other side made mistakes on the Earthly plane. No one on Earth should feel it is a source of embarrassment that people on the other side are watching over them. They have a sense of humor too, and although they may not be able to stop a person from doing something that may lead to a disaster, they do know and understand the frailties of human life. She then talks about books and characters. Authors write about many people they have known. They put them into different circumstances or a different environments, but they are people in this realm or activity of the spirit. People may see themselves in what was written and may be able to change their lives based on the book. Many have written books with characters that have great subtleties and character. Often, because of the love and way the author has created the character by drawing on their knowledge of human nature and experience with people they have known, they create a new character who have a life of their own. They are able to create a reality that temporarily has a form of life that can only move in the radius of the author's work. However, it is possible on certain spheres to enter into a state of being where one can visualize the acting out of characters created by author. Thousand and thousands of people may read a novel or book. The character may be of such striking proportions that he or she becomes a reality to the readers. The author creates this person and give him or her a form of life. It is possible to enter a sphere of activity where a person can enter a book, not in pages behind covers, but in a visual state. But when a book ceases to be read, characters are no longer thought about, and they become "deflated." While the character is read and many people are stimulated, their thought forces give the character a visual existence that has no soul. When the novel ceases to be popular, the thought force is so diminished that those characters become less and less important and cease to have an impact. adcguides.com/LF_CharlotteBrontequicktime.htm

[@vindheimar2631]

Love this documetry made by love, passion and respect

[@erins.5420]

What a spritely older lady! Goals for when I am her age!

[@annmitchell4663]

Erin S. Sheila Handcock is a wonderful actress,lost her husband John Thaw many years ago.

[@deborahhoffman7394]

Erin S. We can only hope to love life this much as we grow old.

[@womanofsubstance9346]

@@annmitchell4663 Yes I Agree & Her Fantastic Husband... The Late Great Mancunian John Thaw!!!

[@bethbartlett5692]

...apply them now 💫

[@phyllispetras2181]

@@annmitchell4663 Only the very best for Morse!

[@RidgeRose]

Would love to listen to an audiobook by Ms. Hancock. She reads beautifully.

[@velvetindigonight]

Sheila Hancock is an amazing and respected actress in the UK. Might be worth having a Google? Really interesting 'Who do you think you are' about her and her family but on checking it's been taken off YT. Lot's of other clips and plays here though. Enjoy

[@omiyamxxggkk8104]

I can feel this woman's love for these sisters. She really admires them and it motivates me to read all their works as I have only read wuthering heights and Jane Eyre.

[@DaleJoyce]

It is truly wonderful that you feel inspired by the lovely Sheila Hancock to search out and read further works of the Bronte Sisters, Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre would be a great next read knowing you've only read Wuthering Heights so far! X

[@southernlight6]

Sheila Hancock did a marvelous job with this as no one else could. Just wonderful.

[@user-yq9ii5kz4q]

I am nearly ninety and first read Brontes when I was 12...still obsessed with them. Thank you Sheila for this sensitive and informative programme. B

[@noregrets7469]

Ms. Hancock must have been a beautiful woman in her youth to have grown so lovely in her later years.

[@sradakovlovebird11]

Charlote Bronte "Jane Eyre" is THE book,- the one I learned how beautifull english language is. Not the one spoken on Tv, in Holywood movies or in everyday life, but the one from Bronte sisters books. How wonderfull is watching others talk the same thoughts of mine. Thanks to you, who posted this.

[@normathomas8276]

Sheila is as much a national treasure as dame Judy dench and should be given a dame hood

[@bostonblackie9503]

Perhaps it has been offered to her and she refused.

[@normathomas8276]

@@bostonblackie9503 apparently she already is

[@BabkaPierogi]

see the 2020-21 Anne Brontë exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum in NYC. Includes a letter from sister Charlotte plus the book of poetry by all 3 sisters! A must for all fans!

[@baylorsailor]

When she talks about holding onto someone you love desperately as they slip away, was heartbreaking. I could feel her pain.

[@davidlambert7725]

Sheila Hancock lost her husband, actor John Thaw in 2002.

[@desireepetitdemurat8660]

I agree, that part of the video made a huge impact on me too.

[@janeoxley4829]

Studying wuthering heights. Shelia Hancock is a national treasure.

[@lesleyhubble2976]

So sad when Sheila talks about being with someone you love when they die, she’s will never get over loosing her husband. Her emotions are still raw

[@anonb4632]

John Thaw had a Heathcliffian flavour to him.

[@ekdaufin1485]

She was blessed to have ever had a great husband.

[@glen7318]

@@anonb4632 I would not have said that John Thaw had anything Heathcliffian

[@anonb4632]

@@glen7318 He could be gruff and angry, and quite wild. Also struggled with alcoholism his whole life, so yes, I think that all qualifies.

[@vijaymishra8696]

I am a student of Masters in English and when i red Emily Blonte's 'Wuthering Heights'. Then i realise what a master piece is said to be. Love from India 🇮🇳 to you grand maa(mother).💐

[@Jack-hy1zq]

a very poignant, touching portrait of the sisters. I spent many happy days playing in the parsonage graveyard when i was very young. what I hadn't realised was the profound historic importance of my surroundings. it's both a tragic and deeply moving story. you have really brought them to life, Sheila - as living, breathing young (old) women. thankyou so much.

[@elbaestridge6503]

The Bronte Sisters were so strong, because they were raised by a very strong father, who as a widower raised them all alone.

[@isobelduncan]

He raised them with their aunt.

[@lesleybodman1922]

Their mother's sister gave up her genteel life in Cornwall moving hundreds of miles to care of them. She gave money to them towards setting up a school (unsuccessful) and funded the trips to Brussels. Such little credit is given to her. Still a brilliant programme though.

[@WelshIrishLady]

Wonderful episode! ITV and BBC seem to have much more intelligent programming than what's typically available from U.S. broadcasting companies.

[@anonb4632]

There is plenty of moronic stuff too. A lot of BBC documentaries are lightly coated propaganda.

[@cynthiadasilva3854]

Undoubtedly the best documentary on the Bronte Sisters I have ever watched !

[@siennamargeaux8413]

Anne's letter made me tear up. To come to grips with illness and impending death at such a young age, it's heartbreaking.

[@DaleJoyce]

What you have said here in your comment, shows that you have connected to a young women's plight & her emotions, even though you come from another time & place in history. Yet your sympathetic feelings border on empathy towards Anne & the set of circumstances that she finds herself surrounded by. The feelings of melancholy become themselves beautiful in so much as the way Anne's plight reached into your soul (Hope that makes sense Sienna).

[@siennamargeaux8413]

@@DaleJoyce Yes, it does make sense. I looked up the full letter after watching the clip and I copied that part into my journal both to remember her and to remind me to make good use of my time each day and to just be grateful for being alive. Thank you for uploading the video.

[@healgrowlovecommunity8397]

Absolutely wonderful. Such emotion and tragedy. A must-watch for any Bronte fan. Sheila Hancock was the perfect presenter for this. Her books about her life with and without her husband, John Thaw, are heartwrenching. I re-read them after I lost my own husband and hard as they were to read, they were very comforting.

[@galiagoze]

I really loved this production! I knew of course that the Bronte sisters were literary geniuses (Branwell also showed literary talent), but I had not seen just how accomplished they were at drawing and painting! Since childhood I have been writing. And how utterly strange it is that I produced tiny, miniature books that I named "paperfold books". I have many writers in my family, and one of those writers is a distant cousin to me--Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell who was a close friend to Charlotte and became her biographer!! I relate to Charlotte's character, Helen Burns (Maria Bronte) as I see myself in her very much! Thanks for posting!!!

[@valq10]

What a small world - I live very close by Mrs Gaskell's former house.

[@DanFontaine]

I close my eyes and listen to Sheila recite those famous last words from Wuthering Heights...so beautiful

[@elizabethparish7797]

Jane Eyre is my favorite book…since high school when I first read it…

[@Canuckmom128]

This was very well done, and so interesting with the contributions of several Bronte Scholars. As someone with 3 brothers and 3 sisters who are very close, I find it utterly heartbreaking that Charlotte was left alone. And then, to marry a nice man only to die while pregnant...too tragic ! We don't know how good we have it. The days before antibiotics were cruel. Amazingly talented young women.

[@windstorm1000]

agreed. very sad. but she left masterpieces behind that enthrall us still.

[@tommuscatello9594]

Sheila Hancock very carefully navigates us through their remarkable lives. Most grateful.

[@lola.lola1147]

Have read all of their books. Love every single one of them, but "Wuthering Heights" is my very favorite.

[@mimilemay7213]

I now have a wonderful new respect for The Brontës. What a beautiful and gracious and thoughtful and perfect hostess for this show. Thank you for sharing.

[@writeract2]

Sheila Hancock has the most stunning modulated actor's voice.

[@stargazer4803]

loved the anchor...she was also really good

[@TheDavephillips]

Priyanka Pandey: Yes, she's really great. Everyone thinks of her as a brilliant comedienne but she's a great actress and commentator too. I've long been a fan but only now learned of her brilliant range.

[@DaleJoyce]

Priyanka Pandey Sheila does a remarkable job in this documentary as she lives it and delivers with a real genuine passion xxxx

[@normathomas8276]

David Phillips she should be a dame she's a good actress

[@TheDavephillips]

Or perhaps a peerage. She's been entertaining us for as long as I've been going to the pictures, the theatre and watching telly and she's delightful. Perhaps a yougov petition?

[@ginnylorenz5265]

Sheila Hancock......wonderful actress........widow of the marvelous actor John Thaw ("Morse", etc, etc,).

[@robertesch3851]

Thanks for that bit of detail.

[@karenrouth2056]

Beautifully presented by the most wonderful and beautiful Sheila Hancock... thank you...

[@noname36578]

such a beautiful reading of the end of Wuthering Heights! what a lovely documentary

[@pyewackett5]

I always return to Emily. She was an elemental force & a complete enigma . My touchstone.

[@DaleJoyce]

I couldnt agree more 😎x

[@sm3296]

A lovely and sensitively produced tribute to the Bronte family. I can see that Ms Hancock herself has experienced great loss. Only after emerging from a profound loss can we so well understand it's life changing effect. I believe the Bronte children having gone through the loss of their mother and siblings, were emotionally changed and sensitive to their own feelings in a way only loss can bring. It's like a crack opens in your soul and awareness of pain in others becomes intense. This happened to me when I lost my son. I became more empathetic to others to the point of it being painful. At such a young age as these children were to experience it over and over it would have made them the unique writers that they were. I first read Wuthering Heights as a very sheltered girl of fourteen, it had a profound impact on me that never left. Only it wasn't the love, it wasn't Heathcliffe but in fact it was for the moors. For the wild and wuthered moors. I was fortunate to have spent much time there these past years and watching this brought tears to my eyes for my love of it and the missing of it. Saudade. There is beauty even in great pain and loss and these young women knew it well.

[@voicemesmerising9771]

They are very much talented and I love them all

[@TheTruthwillOut442]

This is one of the best documentaries I have seen about the Bronte sisters.

[@BillHosko]

W o n d e r f u l... presentation. Thank you to all who made it!

[@r.r.r9746]

Paintings are beautiful, their stories are so good that they are worldwide known! What talented sisters..

[@twystedhumour]

thank you for this. i read Wuthering Heights in college for 4th-year level, and the story still haunts me to this day. it was one of the best books that i've read, but it was more harrowing because it was a facet of our lives as people.

[@goodstorylover]

Beautiful documentary, thank you. I liked the presenter very much. I think I can never tire of programmes about these remarkable ladies!

[@DaleJoyce]

I feel exactly the same way as you do regarding the presenter & these three wonderful sisters xx

[@dominiqueechevarriaechevar77]

A TENDER ENDEARING PRESENTATION OF A BYGONE ERA.... I LOVE THEE STILL

[@ekdaufin1485]

Me too.

[@xyzllii]

Excellent. Hancock is very good in this. Genuine.

[@DaleJoyce]

xyzllii She presents this beautifully and with a passion too . . I totally agree with you xxxx

[@meagancobb1417]

I'm an American and so I didn't know who Sheila was. We share the same great love for Wuthering Heights, and so I looked her up. I read where she begged her husband not to leave her. 😭😭😭😭😭 Oh, my heart. Bless her, she's so precious. I wish I could meet her.

[@burtcollins239]

What a beautiful woman you are. Eyes,, smile and beautiful voice

[@JayveeSonata]

This is such a beautiful and informative documentary - and I love Sheila Hancock. The only thing I disliked are those HIDEOUS paintings of Jane Eyre. From what I recall, Jane was never described as being ugly. She was merely plain and unobtrusive.

[@lorettatawney6307]

My favorite book as a teenager was Wuthering Heights! this presentation was so beautiful,soulful, l and thoughtful I learned so muc about these incredible authors and sisters.! thank you so much for this.

[@arabellamileham9978]

Sheila Hancock is such a fabulous presenter, she engages with the subject so movingly and her passion comes through so clearly. I was crying by the end of this despite the fact that I absolutely loathed both Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre when I read them! Sheila's own writing I loved though..,

[@ladyearin]

I don't usually get emotional watching documentaries, but oh my! This lady right here is Life!!! Bravaaaaa

[@nanettemorton4054]

I love seeing the real documents and buildings. Very neat!

[@dommccaffry3802]

No telly or internet. Imaginations could run wild

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

Thank you very much, Mrs. Thaw. We sure do miss your husband's acting. God bless you and family.

[@girlabouttown]

So fabulous! The host is sublime...truly transporting me through the history and emotion of the Brontes and their creative endeavors.

[@schnips94]

Can this woman be my grandma please?

[@normathomas8276]

She's a brilliant actress i not sure if shes been made a dame she should be

[@RhomanysRealm]

@@normathomas8276 Not yet. She was made CBE in 2011 though.

[@GiftSparks]

I'd never seen her before-- she is Brilliant!

[@erniebakeswell9623]

hahahaha!

[@mckavitt]

GiftSparks You know she was married to John Thaw, Morse, Kavanaugh, & The Sweeney, plus lots of films.

[@oldkiesel]

Fascinating! Such care and scholarship! Sheila Hancock is excellent.

[@DaleJoyce]

Oldkiesel I couldn't agree more . . she presents this documentary with such feeling and passion . . almost like she is living it herself xxxx

[@margarethoskins6625]

@@DaleJoyce this reply is a little late. She did herself endure pain twice having loved and lost loves. She dealt with illness and drink in her husband's. But as she said she was indeed greatly loved by both men.she understood the emotions of the family having lived them herself.

[@jantruitt9241]

So... the farther lost his wife, sister-in-law, and all six children! That is the most heart wrenching of telling of this story.

[@isobelduncan]

Father*

[@BoudicaJ]

Love this presenter. Breath of fresh air

[@jimkey920]

The Bronte Girls were imbued with an inate sense of romantic yearning. I have always thought that Jane Eyre was a semi autobiographical account of Charlottes desires. Not the reality of it but the romantic day dreams of a mind yearning for emotional and physical love. I adore these girls, their wrtings and history. Bramwell was the tragedy of the reverends Scion.

[@erniebakeswell9623]

@@foljamb I just watched the opening of the Joan Fontaine version and was struck by the character's innate sense of justice and "genius" at determining her own path. also, by the corresponding cruelty of a social order (a school that was like a prison) that used religious doctrine to degrade her spirit and ostracize her. Joan as the older Jane does such a great job of communicating her inner moral compass, while she tames the monster Rochester through her superior mentality.

[@mckavitt]

Jim Key Innate, I believe. 🤓🎓✍️ Like your comment v much.

[@Pe_arl]

i love this ,kisses from Argentina 🌹

[@grimatheedgyfelldragon5468]

What a lovely documentary, lots of respect for the bronte sisters.

[@srinivasvaranasi1645]

Thank you for the beautiful journey that you have taken me.

[@emilyb5800]

Me and my twin Charlotte are named after them

[@DaleJoyce]

That's so beautiful that you and your twin was to be named after the bronte sisters . . My names Dale and I'm named after the Yorkshire Dales and Moorlands . . Altho its a bit rubbish tho compared to yours ☺ xx💕xx

[@margo3367]

How lovely!

[@mariaschwartz447]

Charlotte Jane also named for the bronte sister and for Jane austen

[@rs5570]

I am named for them as well, as you see. My dog is named Pilot.

[@mariaschwartz447]

Glad that you like . Her name is graceful and romantic. She is a delicately beautiful child

[@LaiaBertran]

I enjoyed it so much. So much emotion..

[@DaleJoyce]

I'm pleased you enjoyed it so much, thank you for your comment.

[@noregrets7469]

I’ve enjoyed this documentary very very much while at the same time knowing the tragedy of the Bronte Family made me sad in the end. Thank you for shining a light upon them nevertheless 🌹

[@alisoncleeton877]

Wonderful sisters and an even more wonderful presenter! Xxxxxx

[@DaleJoyce]

Well said Alison XxxxxX

[@mayaluna11]

Thank you for uploading this great doc. I've been feasting on English history & literature to escape the horrible losses 2016 brought. The gifts that the Brontes left us despite their suffering, puts it all in perspective.

[@patricialavender2902]

To have woken up each day to the changes in weather, skies and seasons, as well as the books the Bronte sisters read would have helped feed their imaginations. I remember visiting Haworth and the vicarage many years ago. It profoundly moved me to think I was walking where the Bronte family once walked. They are, without doubt, my favourite authors.

[@DaleJoyce]

I am so with you having visited the whole haworth area many times as I live close by. The church, parsonage, main Street, the moors including bronte falls, top withens etc and always find the visits really spiritual, moving and magical xx

[@Poetic_Justice1962]

Keeping it real makes it the more touching and impressive what Brontë stands for. Life, longing, passion, victory, struggle, suffering, defeat, death. Not necessarily in that order, not even death having the obligatory last word. Because they were not defeated by death. The imagination carries their living soul. They are in the realm of spirit immortal.

[@maxinejacobson4006]

At 12. Sheila Hancock was so very obviously thinking of when her beloved John Thaw was dying ; I had tears in my eyes too.

[@AMITARAJ2001]

Thank you for this beautifully presented story of these brilliant Bronte sisters.

[@pthaloblue100]

I have read about the lives of the Brontë sisters, but this really helped me understand them so much more. Thank you so much for posting!

[@DaleJoyce]

pthaloblue100 I love anything to do with the family and often walk Haworth Moors as I live fairly local to it . . I'm in my own personal heaven when on those moors xxx

[@teenherofilms]

Here is Charlotte Bronte speaking through the independent direct mediimship of Mr Leslie Flint in 1967 adcguides.com/LF_CharlotteBrontequicktime.htm

[@Was31ist7das69Ziel]

@@teenherofilms , yours is the most important input here! (my humble self has Mrs Hancock given the same hint only a while ago [early 2020] - with no reaction by her, unfortunately). Wrong you are as of the date, though: April 5, 1973 is the right one.

[@Was31ist7das69Ziel]

Gary Williams , yours is the most important input here! (my humble self has Mrs Hancock given the same hint only a while ago [early 2020] - with no reaction by her, unfortunately). Wrong you are as of the date, though: April 5, 1973 is the right one.

[@lexyv3]

Bronte sisters always be my favorite classic writers. Thank you for sharing this documentary. ❤

[@DaleJoyce]

XXX

[@felicitybraxx9394]

Loved this lady for a long time,excellent actress.Simply beautiful to listen to.Thankyou Mrs Thaw.👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@robertesch3851]

Wonderful little details here, such as the visit to a Roman Catholic confessional in Brussels, the tiny heart after the initials of Charlotte's letter, the lovely views of property where the family lived, and the many rich details, suppositions, and myths of this remarkable family in the UK. Mrs. Thaw does a real service in spreading the details of the Brontes here. So few get to travel to these places and see where the events happened; the documentary opens our eyes to them. Many thanks for this post from an old retired professor in west Texas who shared some of these books with my students.

[@francesjackson2511]

Many thanks for making this beautiful documentary available. I've been reading and re-reading the Brontes' books for many years, and the world they created in my imagination is almost as real as the one I grew up in. Sheila Hancock's beautiful and sensitive presentation made the documentary pure pleasure and delight. I think the writer, Gareth Williams, did a marvelous job, as well. That said, I agree that the artist went overboard in making Jane appear grotesque. I think Jane was comparing herself to the fashionable ladies of Mr. Rochester's acquaintance-- with their elaborate hair styles and makeup, their satins and laces and jewels and perfumes, their cultivated social graces. Jane made the best of what she had. She herself said she disliked disarray, and was careful to keep herself neat and clean and well groomed, to the extent of her ability. She was just not a beauty. I can't think Charlotte Bronte would have made Jane ugly. The struggle with self-image goes on to this day.

[@NoorFatima-vi4ie]

I’m so much in love with Bronte sisters that years ago i had read all the novels by trio.n then i set out to read their biographies.. literally cried reading Elizabeth Gaskell’s version of charlot bronte.I was so deeply impressed with their writing style and imaginations that used to feel their presence whenever I went out to walk. I think I’ll have flashbacks from wuthering heights and Jane eyre when I’ll die!

[@Lu.J16]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is so, so amazing!!!!

[@afternoondelight8456]

Writing is magical. 👍💞🌞

[@erniebakeswell9623]

brilliant Sheila Hancock is a precise yet passionate storyteller who gives the Brontë guts their due while making one regret she's too old to play Jane Eyre. having just watched "Brontes of Howarth" (1974) I could follow along easily. then I went and ordered the books ;)

[@victoriateague9012]

So sad and short life they had. Made me cry. They are much loved today Thank you again for this sad yet lovely look at the Bronte 's life I've read their books many times. I love Agnes Gray a book is sadly not known as others.

[@susanmorano405]

I love Agnes Grey too!

[@babenning]

Thank you so much for this upload. I loved it and am saving it so I can watch it again. The presenter did such a wonderful job. When she spoke of Kathy's dying and had tear in her eyes, even before she said she did, I knew she had felt that sort of loss and I had tears in my eyes too. Again, thank you for taking the time for uploading this and I'll be checking Wuthering Heights out of the library tomorrow.

[@BoudicaJ]

*Cathy

[@carolinebarnes6832]

She was married to John Thaw (Inspector Morse) who died a few years ago. Perhaps her empathic feelings about loss, both in describing the fictional death of Cathy and the real life death of Anne come from that real experience.

[@mena5090]

Touching documentary. Very well put together; I learned so much about this family of fantastic writers and I also have added a few new novels to my list of books to read. Thank you so much for posting!!

[@bunny2180]

Loved this. I visited the Bronte's home in 2011. Climbed those stairs, I remember the Grandfather clock. Saw Charlotte's small wedding dress... an amazing experience. I really enjoyed seeing it all again.

[@gulfiyakabilova5132]

Thanks a lot to the author for this video which is a trip to England to feel the air Sharlotte breathed in......It was great!

[@dsantamaria713]

Brilliant, beautiful, and so terribly sad...But the World is better for their short existence...

[@matthewnaylor4412]

Never knew anything about the brontes till visiting Haworth this year, the atmosphere and energy of the place really grabs you, I stayed in a small cottage right next door to pondon hall, amazing place steeped in history.

[@hunkhk]

thank you so much for posting this - what a fabulous insight into the lives of an amazingly talented family

[@TheRimbaldine]

Amazing documentary, thank you! I read Jane Eyre when I was young and loved the book so much that it stayed with me. Years later I came to live and teach in the uk, and discovered in a biography that I had almost the same experience as Charlotte in Belgium. I was deeply moved to see how much I could relate to her.

[@vijikodi1131]

A thoroughly researched documentary , a treasure trove for the admirers of the Bronte Sisters and their works ,and stirring the inner fire within one to know more and more about these enigmatic writers .Hats off !

[@DaleJoyce]

Viji kodi very well said I couldn't agree more ☺ xxxx

[@dawonfields7360]

@@DaleJoyce there was not cure for mornings sickness back then in the 1800s then it is today how did she died back 167 years ago