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Vanity Fair
1
Season
1987
UK
7.8
TV-14
In the time of Napoleon, Becky Sharp, a poor orphan girl, schemes for money and position. Her most-used stepladder is her old school friend, Amelia Sedley. Both women marry soldiers, and both of them are affected by the Battle of Waterloo.
Episode List
S1 • E1
Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Open the Campaign
Everything lies ahead for Becky and Amelia as they bid farewell to Miss Pinkerton's Academy. But will everything be enough for Becky Sharp?
S1 • E2
Vauxhall Gardens
Becky has failed to ensnare Amelia's wealthy brother Jos. Undaunted, she now sets her sights on new targets.
S1 • E3
Crawley of Queen's Crawley
Becky has refused Sir Pitt's hand in marriage because she has already married in secret. But to whom?
S1 • E4
Arcadian Simplicity
The newly-wed Amelia has accompanied her husband to war. Becky is there too, but for her the Duchess of Richmond's ball is a far more important battleground than the field of Waterloo.
S1 • E5
Who Played on the Piano?
Widow and Mother Amelia's life is in tatters after the Battle of Waterloo, but Becky Sharp is already planning a new campaign.
S1 • E6
A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon
Sharp practice is needed when Becky pits her wits against the wiles of the landed gentry and the might of the aristocracy.
S1 • E7
Amelia Invades the Low Countries
Becky reaches the pinnacle of her ruthless social climbing - but pride comes before a fall.
S1 • E8
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Fortunes are reversed and Becky flees to the Continent to avoid a scandal. But for Amelia it seems to be the dawn of happiness at last.