Publisher's Synopsis
BBC adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic novel. Bored of her marriage to husband Charles (Hugh Bonneville), Emma Bovary (Frances O'Connor) embarks on a series of affairs, encouraged by suave aristocrat Rudolphe (Greg Wise). Along the way Emma incurs heavy debts with devious tradesman Lheureux (Keith Barron), and when Rudolphe deserts her it seems that her world is about to fall apart.