Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998 TV serial)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles | |
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Written by | Ted Whitehead (adaptation) |
Directed by | Ian Sharp |
Starring | Justine Waddell Jason Flemyng Oliver Milburn John McEnery Lesley Dunlop Rosalind Knight Anthony O'Donnell Christine Moore Bryan Pringle Debbie Chazen |
Composer | Alan Lisk |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sally Head Delia Fine |
Producer | Sarah Wilson |
Running time | 175 minutes |
Production companies | A&E Productions LWT |
Distributor | ITV Studios |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 8 March 9 March 1998 | –
Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a three-hour television serial made by London Weekend Television, first broadcast in 1998, adapted for television by Ted Whitehead and directed by Ian Sharp and starring Justine Waddell, based on Thomas Hardy's 1891 book Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Production[]
This serial of Tess of the D'Urbervilles was co-produced by London Weekend Television in partnership with the Arts and Entertainment Network of the US, which at the time was beginning to rival PBS in part-funding and broadcasting high quality British productions.[1]
Cast[]
- Justine Waddell as Tess Durbeyfield
- Jason Flemyng as Alec D'Urberville
- Oliver Milburn as Angel Clare
- John McEnery as Jack Durbeyfield
- Lesley Dunlop as Joan Durbeyfield
- Rosalind Knight as Mrs D'Urberville
- Anthony O'Donnell as Crick
- Christine Moore as Mrs Crick
- Bryan Pringle as Kail
- Debbie Chazen as Marian
- Linda Armstrong as Car Darch
- Hannah Waterman as Nancy
- Charlotte Bellamy as Cissie
- Candida Rundle as Izzy
- Amanda Brewster as Retty
- Russell Morgan as Boy with Wheelbarrow
References[]
- ^ Paul J. Niemeyer, Seeing Hardy: Film and Television Adaptations of the Fiction of Thomas Hardy (2003), p. 208
External links[]
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles at IMDb.com
Categories:
- 1998 British television series debuts
- 1998 British television series endings
- 1990s British drama television series
- 1990s British television miniseries
- Television series set in the 1870s
- Films based on works by Thomas Hardy
- ITV television dramas
- Television series by ITV Studios
- London Weekend Television shows
- English-language television shows