根据莎拉·沃特斯同名小说《Fingersmith》改编而成。
在伦敦郊区的一个大庄园内，居住着李先生和他的外甥女莫德（Elaine Cassidy饰），李先生性格乖戾，驱使莫德终日在图书室里整理和朗读藏书。可怜的姑娘从小到大都未踏出过庄园一步，过着暗无天日的生活。
某日，一位陌生人的闯入给莫德干涸已久的心灵带来生机，他就是来教莫德画画的瑞弗士（Rupert Evans饰），可天知道，瑞弗士的真实身份竟然是一个贼，他听说莫德有4万英镑的嫁奁，便想出骗婚这条生财之道。
为了确保成功，瑞弗士又找来盗窃团伙里的苏（Sally Hawkins饰）打下手，经过安排，苏成为莫德的贴身女仆。在一步步精心策划下，事情如瑞弗士所期望的方向发展，他不知道的是，莫德和苏之间竟产生了真挚的爱情。苏越来越内疚自责，看到莫德即将被送入疯人院，苏心碎欲绝。
可事情很快急转直下，原来一切都非苏想像的那般简单，十几年前就开始精心酿造的大阴谋在等待所有的人，一个晴天霹雳般的真相已呼之欲出。

The Impressionists, a three part factual drama for BBC ONE, vividly reconstructs the movement's remarkable story.
Based on archive letters, records and interviews from the time, the series records the lives of the artists who were to transform the art world.
It is a tale of poverty and of a struggle for recognition, set against a backdrop of war and revolution.
But at the heart is the brotherhood of artists, bound by enduring friendships and their commitment to a new type of art which survived rows, rivalries, duels and crises.
The story is led by the paintings. Some of the world's most memorable art works are recreated here following the same techniques that the artists used at the time.
The series reveals how Monet took just 40 minutes to paint his seminal work Impression: Sunrise in a race against time to capture the light; why Manet's depiction of Olympia, in which his model brazenly gazes out of the canvas, so outraged Parisian society; and how Cézanne's 60 paintings of one mountain, Montagne Saint-Victoire, laid the foundations for cubism and modern art.

If Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a fault (and god knows...), it is that he has ideas. Fortunately his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey makes sure they never come to fruition. Meanwhile poor Bernard, his Private Secretary, sits uneasily on the fence between them...

Vision, integrity and a ruthless streak are the weapons of the political power. Unfortunately new Prime Minister Jim Hacker has none of these, but he does have the cowardice, desperation and a scheming, pragmatic Cabinet Secretary in Sir Humphrey...

Westminster and Whitehall clash again as the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker, the Minister for Administrative Affairs, locks horns with his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby.

The Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP and Sir Humphrey step out again for the second series of the Whitehall waltz.

The newly appointed Minister for Administrative Affairs, the Rt Hon. Jim Hacker MP, finds even the corridors of power congested by the machinations of his Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey and his Civil Service cohorts.