War & Peace

In this BBC mini-series, a dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as the soul-searching Pierre Bezukhov, Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova, Alan Dobie is the dour, heroic Andrei Bolkonsky and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. (Wikipedia)