The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)
The Mayor of Casterbridge | |
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Genre | Classic serial |
Based on | The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy |
Screenplay by | Dennis Potter |
Directed by | David Giles |
Starring | Alan Bates |
Composer | Carl Davis |
Country of origin | UK |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Producer | Jonathan Powell |
Running time | 50 min. (per episode) & 55 min. (final ep.)[1] |
Release | |
Original network | BBC2 |
Original release | 22 January 5 March 1978 | –
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy.[2] The six-hour drama was written by television dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles with Alan Bates as the title character.[3][4] It was released as a 3-disc DVD box set in May 2003.
The plot[]
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffers agonizing remorse. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife returns to find him. Henchard's attempt to right the long-ago wrong sets in motion a series of events that spell his destruction.
Cast[]
- Alan Bates[5] as Michael Henchard
- Anne Stallybrass as Susan
- Janet Maw as Elizabeth-Jane
- Jack Galloway as Farfrae
- Anna Massey as Lucetta[3]
Location[]
The series was shot entirely on location in Dorchester, Dorset.[3]
References[]
- ^ "BBC Two England - 5 March 1978 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "The Mayor of Casterbridge". BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978)". BFI ScreenOnline. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "The Mayor of Casterbridge: Episode 1". 22 January 1978. p. 25 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ Movie credits
External links[]
Categories:
- 1978 British television series debuts
- 1978 British television series endings
- 1970s British drama television series
- BBC television miniseries
- 1970s British television miniseries
- Films based on works by Thomas Hardy
- English-language television shows
- Television shows set in England