After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century English society, has five husbands and many male and female lovers, travels to America and back again, and in general discovers all that is cruel and sweet in life.

• Granada Television
• Alex Kingston
• James Bowers
• Geoffrey Beevers
• Lucy Evans
• Anthony Bessick
• Struan Rodger
• Peter Jonfield
• Neville Phillips