Frank Herbert's Dune is a 2000 television miniseries based on the 1965 novel of the same title by Frank Herbert. Written for the screen and directed by John Harrison, it stars Alec Newman, William Hurt, and Saskia Reeves as Lady Jessica. The series was first broadcast in three installments, beginning on December 3, 2000. It received generally positive reviews, and was praised by both critics and audiences for its faithfulness to Herbert’s novel.