JAMAICA INN ( Reader for 4º C and 4º D)

EPISODE 1

Jamaica Inn: Meet Mary Yellan

When Mary's mother dies, she goes to live with her aunt and uncle who run the Jamaica Inn.  It lies in a remote and bleak corner of England. On her journey there she is warned to keep away. But why?

EPISODE 2

A cold and lonely place

Mary arrives at Jamaica Inn and meets her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss. Immediately she discovers what a mean and scary man her uncle is. He sets the rules and tells her what to do. On her second day there she discovers a locked room – what is inside?

 

EPISODE 3 

Strange goings-on  

Mary has to work in the bar of Jamaica Inn on Saturday night. She gets to meet a group of rough and drunk men. Later that night there are some strange goings-on in the yard outside. What's happening - and why are people talking about murder?

 

  EPISODE 4

The horse thief 

Mary finds herself attracted to a visitor to Jamaica Inn. But who is he - and can he be trusted? Meanwhile, another visitor discovers some suspicious objects in an upstairs room...

EPISODE 5

Lost on the moor

Joss has returned to Jamaica Inn and is very angry about Mr Bassat's visit. He storms out of the house and sets off across the moor. Mary decides to follow him.

  EPISODE 6 

The horse market

Following Mary's uncle's shocking confession - how he lures ships onto the rocks and drowns women and children - she escapes from the Inn and goes with his brother, Jem, to the horse market in Launceston. But things don't go to plan.

 

 EPISODE 7

Shipwreck 

 Mary has been forced by her Uncle Joss to travel with him and his drunken men on Christmas Eve. She fell asleep but she's about to wake up and discover what Joss and his gang of bad men really get up to at night.

EPISODE 8

A shocking discovery

After the shocking events on the coast, Mary's uncle is now planning to escape from Jamaica Inn. He fears that someone is coming to kill him – someone who has been giving him the orders to wreck ships.  She has to escape first to tell someone what she has seen but who can she trust?

 

EPISODE 9

The Vicar of Altarnum

Mary has gone to vicar's house. She wants to talk to him about the murder of her uncle but he's not there. But later he arrives and he has some important news to tell her. What can it be?

 

 EPISODE 10

The truth is out

The Vicar of Altarnum knows the awful truth about who killed Mary's uncle and aunt. She has a dangerous journey ahead now, but help comes from an unexpected place.