Alice in Wonderland (BBC 2017)

Alice in Wonderland is a four part mini series coming to BBC on March 3, 2017. It will star Daisy Edgar-Jones as the title heroine as a young woman who follows a mysterious White Rabbit and falls down a rabbit hole into a magical world of nonsense.

Episode 1
One day, Alice (Daisy Edgar-Jones) was sitting by the river bank with her older sister (Bel Powley) reading and she was so sleepy she couldn't keep her eyes open, when suddenly she sees the most strangest thing she had ever saw..... a white rabbit in a waistcoat.

The rabbit runs off looking at his pocket watch and by some strange force of curiosity, Alice decides to follow him. She chases the White Rabbit deep into the woods until she reaches a giant rabbit hole. Despite being surprised by the size of it, Alice nonetheless follows it. As Alice slowly takes a few more steps, she trips and falls down the rabbit hole.

As she starts falling at accelerating speed, she panics and starts screaming until she begins to slow down. She opens her eyes and is stunned to see her long blue dress billow out like a parachute and gives a sigh of relief. As she floats downward, the hole begins to get dark until she notices a lamp and turns it on and is in shock to learn that there were bookcases, selfs and other furniture. After a while, she lands safely and her parachute dress collapses.

She sees the rabbit and gives chase only to run through a hall of doors. Alice, believing it's no use to find him decides to turn back only for the door behind her to shut and lock itself. Alice struggles to get the doors open but it was too late. She was trapped. Alice then finds a key a glass table and tries to the doors with it but to no avail, until she finds a tiny little door. She uses the key on the door and it opens but is too big to get in.

Alice then spots a mysterious bottle that says "Drink Me". She examines it to see if was poison, she smells it, and tastes it and is delighted to learn that it tastes exactly like cherry tarts. She drinks some more and puts the bottle away. Then all of a sudden, Alice begins to shrink. Alice is in shocked to see herself shrunk to about two inches, but at least she could get through the door until she learns that she forgot the key.

The now tiny Alice, to small to get the key is in distress, tries to climb up the table, but suddenly slips and begins to cry. Then her stomach growls and she spots a mysterious cake the says "Eat Me". Alice realizing that the cake my also have some kind of body altering effect, succumbs to fear and eats it. She then starts to see a change. Alice began to grow. She grows and grows til she realizes she can't stop growing. She panics and keeps growing until she thuds her head on the ceiling. Alice is horrified to see her as a giantess and starts crying uncontrollably. The White Rabbit appears and is frightened by the sight of Alice. Alice stops him by saying "If you please, sir!" but he runs in fear leaving behind his gloves and fan.

Alice fiddles with them in despair until she starts shrinking back to two inches and falls in a sea of tears. Alice then emerges from the water and finds herself stranded at sea. Not knowing where to go, Alice starts swimming til a tidal wave washes her ashore. Alice is soaked, her beautiful dress and long hair were soaken wet. Along the way, she chases a mouse down the flood. She then meets a motley cast of animals who teach her how to get dry by playing the Caucus Race she tries her best but easily get herself tumbled over by the other animals. She begins to cry and soon sees the White Rabbit telling her to find his gloves and fan.

Episode 2
Alice manages to catch up with the White Rabbit who mistakes her for his maid, Marianne. He then orders Alice to go to his house and bring him gloves and a fan. Alice enters the rabbit's house and fins his gloves and fan but instead picks up another bottle and without remembering drinks it. She then begins to feel a strange sensation and feels herself growing. She grew so big she put her arm out the window and her foot up the chimney. As she keeps growing the White Rabbit is horrified at this and runs for help yelling "monster".

Alice struggles to break free from her small prison but is stuck. The White Rabbit brings help from Pat the Guinea Pig and suggests he send Bill the lizard to drag her out. Bill climbs down the chimney but Alice kicks it and Bill falls down in a pile of leaves. The White Rabbit then suggests they burn the house down. Alice is not pleased and tries to swat them away, the animals retalliate by throwing rocks at her face. The rocks turn into cakes and Alice eats one. She shrinks again but this time to the size of insect and continues her journey. She soon sees a puppy, which she hides from.

Alice continues and encounters a blue caterpillar smoking a hookah. The caterpillar begins confusing her with nonsense and she storms off, but the caterpillar tells her to come back and tells her that one side of the mushroom can make her grow bigger and the other side can make her grow smaller. He then turns into a butterfly and flies away.

Alice takes one side the mushroom and another and wonders which one she should eat. Alice eats the right side and shrinks. Then she grows after eating the left side, stretching her neck. She can only see her dress and feet, but she can't see her shoulders.

Alice is horrified to see how big she is and is confronted by a bird who mistakes her for a serpent. She then says she's not a serpent and takes a bite out of the mushroom and snakes her neck downward until it starts shrinking. She keeps nibbling mushroom pieces until she comes back to her normal size. She soon sees a fish footman who gets an invitation from the Duchess to play croquet and gives it to a frog footman.