Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell BBC TV Series Episode Guide

The BBC TV series Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell introduced Susanna Clarke's bestseller to a new audience and brought the fantastical happenings of the novel to life. Yammering statues, rainwater flotillas and resurrected wives sat comfortably against a familiar backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, a mad king on the throne and an even madder one set to make a comeback. The fates of Strange and Norrell, the two men spearheading the English magic revival, intertwine in this hysterically entertaining alternative history. At turns funny, bleak and shocking it had at its heart a striking enactment of the ancient battle between order and chaos, reason and emotion.

TV critic James Donaghy is your guide through the show. All seven episodes recapped and dissected with the devilry and daring of a horny fairy who comes to steal your wife.