The misadventures of tragic heroine Emma Bovary – a dissatisfied wife seeking sex, excitement and autonomy – may seem tame and familiar by today’s standards, but this breezy comic adaptation ...

Adam Cooper as Vicomte and Frances O'Connor as Emma Bovary in the BBC television series Madame Bovary (2000 ... this time used for sinister rather than comic effect in Daphne du Maurier’s ...