TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES (BBC) DISC 1 (2008)

DAVID BLAIR

Television Literary Classics Drama Romance 10th - 19th Centuries Recommended

Cast

DAVID SNODIN KATE HARWOOD GEMMA ARTERTON HANS MATHESON EDDIE REDMAYNE JODIE WHITTAKER RUTH JONES ANNA MASSEY THOMAS HARDY

Plot

The tale of Tess Durbeyfield, a pretty, innocent, peasant girl whose family find they have a noble ancestor and name, they are D'Urbervilles, in this faithful rendition of the classic 19th Century Thomas Hardy soap opera/tragedy.