Les Misérables: episode by episode
Les Misérables finale recap – beautiful, if interminable
This extended ending felt like it lasted several lifetimes, and exhausted the BBC’s fake blood supply. Still, let’s salute these stars for their heartbreaking turns in a strange show
Les Misérables episode five recap – vive la révolution!
It’s the barricade-building we’ve all been waiting for. So why were so many revolutionaries trying to get drunk instead?
Les Misérables episode four recap – Les Coincidences, you mean?
Bravo Victor Hugo – this whole story is packed with hilarious ‘Say what?’ moments. Of all the boarding houses in all of Paris …
Les Misérables episode three recap – the net tightens, the plot thickens
There’s heartbreak and no little horror as David Oyelowo’s relentless copper Javert steps up the hunt for Valjean
Les Misérables episode two recap – simply electric
Andrew Davies’ drama hits its stride majestically with Olivia Colman’s evil twin, superhuman cart-carrying and a jaw-dropping hair and teeth dealer
Les Misérables episode one recap – it's the big muscle, magnificent trouser show!
How do you rewrite a story everyone knows? With Dominic West as the Incredible Hulk, Derek Jacobi as a pruning bishop – and the Tinder profile from hell
