Lowly teaching assistant Becky issues headmistress Miss Pinkerton with an ultimatum - pay her properly to teach at her Academy for Young Ladies or find her a station elsewhere. Miss Pinkerton calls Becky's bluff, and Becky is forced to pack away her meagre possessions. Kindly stockbroker's daughter Amelia Sedley takes pity on the poor orphan and offers to take her home for the week.

Vanity Fair Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Miss Sharp in the Presence of the Enemy
• s01e02 - Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends
• s01e03 - A Quarrel about an Heiress
• s01e04 - In Which Becky Joins Her Regiment
• s01e05 - In Which Battles Are Won and Lost
• s01e06 - In Which A Painter's Daughter Meets A King
• s01e07 - Endings and Beginnings

Vanity Fair Show Summary

Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Vanity Fair follows Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society.