The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 TV series)

[3] Representatives of the BBC have said that they "hope [that] this drama will bring Anne [Frank] alive to viewers of all generations.

At first, Edith and Margot find the confinement hard to bear, while Otto and Anne sew material together to make black-out curtains.

They are soon joined by their Jewish friends Mr and Mrs van Daan and their teenage son Peter.

Anne finds Mrs. van Daan increasingly hard to bear, as she orders her around and criticises her in a way that her liberal parents never do.

One day Anne invites Miep and her husband Jan to dinner and to stay overnight in her room.

But Miep brings bad news, which she tells only the Franks, that the van Daans' apartment has been ransacked and all their property confiscated.

Also another person arrives to stay at the annex, a dentist called Mr Dussel, who will sleep in Margot's bed.

Miep also gives Mr Dussel the latest letter and food parcel from his fiancé - this annoys Anne as she thinks he is putting them at greater risk.

Anne asks Mr Dussel to let her use their shared bedroom for the agreed time but he isn't ready to give up the desk and they row.

However, one day on his potato run, Peter forgets to unlock the front doors, forcing the employees to break in.

When the noises seem to stop, Otto and Peter go downstairs to lock the front door so as not to attract the police, but they discover that the burglars are still there and flee back to the annex.

As the bombing raids get worse, Anne, now 15 years old, takes to running up and down the annex stairs to block out the sound.

But they try to keep their spirits up and are thrilled when Miep finds some butter to bake a small cake for Edith's birthday.

Finally, their worst nightmare comes true when the SD and Dutch plain-clothed police raid the warehouse (4 August 1944).