Originally airing in 2003, BBC released a television mini-series featuring six modern adaptations of certain Canterbury Tales: "The Miller's Tale," "The Wife of Bath," "The Knight's Tale," "The Sea Captain's Tale," "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Man of Law's Tale."
I have yet to watch this series or even see a clip from the show (it is difficult to find in North America), but if you are willing to fork out the money it can be bought on the UK Amazon (or you can cheat and find it through torrents).
Considering the BBC does excellent television adaptations of classic literature, I'm going to take an educated guess and say that this series will be great. It will be interesting to see, however, how the BBC balances Chaucer's verse with modern language and how they translate plot to modern situations.
Here is a description of the series from the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/canterburytales/
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