Catch up with the most recent episode of War and Peace. From Sunday 03 January, 2016 at 9pm on BBC One. Available on catch up on BBC iPlayer.
Series 1, episode 1.
Watch the new series of Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Tolstoy’s epic story. Five aristocratic families experience Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Paul Dano stars as Pierre Bezukhov, an educated misfit in a St Petersburg society, who inherits a fortune as the illegitimate son of a wealthy count. His closest friend, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, is extremely eager for the challenge of war. The heroine, Natasha Rostova, is desperate to experience life and love.