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The Moonstone
A fresh adaptation of English literature's first great detective novel. When Franklin Blake returns to England, he is forced to face the ghosts he fled a year ago when the Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond, was stolen. Rachel Verinder, Franklin's beautiful young cousin, inherited the stone from her uncle on her 18th birthday. It was always said that the stone carried a curse, and the morning after her birthday party, it was missing. In the aftermath of the theft, Rachel cut off all ties with Franklin - the man she had loved. A year later and Franklin is determined to heal the rift between them. But Rachel has one condition - she won't see him until he can tell her exactly what happened to the diamond that night. Only then can Franklin win back the love of his life.
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Episode 1
Episode #1.1
45 mins
In 1849 young Franklin Blake returns to England from Italy to give sweetheart Rachel Verinder the moonstone, a diamond left to her by her late uncle, though the Verinders' butler Gabriel Betteredge tells him he believes it was obtained through murder. At Rachel's birthday party Franklin is annoyed that his cousin Godfrey Ablewhite vies with him for Rachel's affection but when a group of Indian musicians arrive another guest, Eastern expert Mr Murthwaite, tells Rachel they are in fact guardians of the moonstone seeking it return to its temple in India. Next morning the stone has gone and a year later has not been recovered with Rachel now refusing to see Franklin.
