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📊 Series Specifications
Network ITV1
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language EN
Creator Derek Marlowe
Jamaica Inn (1983)
Created by Derek Marlowe
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
In the early 1800s, Mary Yellan's life is changed after her father is murdered by shipwreckers. When her mother dies of a broken heart not long afterwards, Mary is forced to go live with her Aunt Patience at her inn on Bodmin Moor. It's there that she discovers her slightly mad Uncle Joss is the wreckers' ringleader and that Jamaica Inn is their headquarters. Mary is determined to bring Joss and his gang to justice and calls upon Joss' younger brother Jem to help.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Miniseries)
3 Episodes E1 The Journey
Mary Yellan arrives in Cornwall to live with her Aunt Patience at the remote Jamaica Inn after her father’s death. She quickly realises the inn is controlled by the violent Joss Merlyn and suspects criminal wrecking and smuggling are practiced there. Mary meets Joss’s charismatic younger brother Jem and the reclusive vicar Francis Davey while trying to protect her aunt.
E2 Wreckers!
Mary digs deeper into the inn’s illicit activities as evidence mounts of murder and wrecking. Conflicts within the Merlyn family intensify; Jem’s ambiguous loyalties are revealed and Mary faces increasing threats. She seeks help from Reverend Davey while tension and violence escalate around the inn.
E3 Retribution
The criminal operation at Jamaica Inn unravels: betrayals come to light, confrontations turn violent, and Mary must act to save herself and Patience. The fates of Joss, Jem, and Reverend Davey are resolved as the series reaches its dramatic conclusion.