Jamaica Inn

About Jamaica Inn

Set in 1820 against the forbidding backdrop of windswept Cornish moors, the story follows the journey of young and spirited Mary who is forced to live with her Aunt Patience after the death of her mother. Mary arrives at the isolated Jamaica Inn to discover her Aunt is a shell of the carefree woman she remembers from her childhood, and instead finds a drudge who is firmly under the spell of her do…

BBC One's Jamaica Inn is a drama series. It reached one season of 3 episodes from April 2014.

Jessica Brown Findlay appears as Mary Yellan, Matthew McNulty as Jem Merlyn, Sean Harris as Joss Merlyn, and Joanne Whalley as Aunt Patience. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under hotel, inn, miniseries, and 19th century. It streams on BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, and Britbox Apple TV channel in the United States.

Alias Grace, The Shining, and Emma make useful companions to Jamaica Inn. It carries a NR rating.