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 | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Producer | Jonathan Powell |
Running time | 50 min. (per episode) & 55 min. (final ep.) [1] |
Original release | |
Network | BBC2 |
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.
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffers agonising 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.
The series was shot entirely on location in Dorset, largely in the village of Corfe Castle. [3]
The Mayor of Casterbridge | |
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![]() DVD cover | |
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 | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Producer | Jonathan Powell |
Running time | 50 min. (per episode) & 55 min. (final ep.) [1] |
Original release | |
Network | BBC2 |
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.
On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and daughter at a country fair, an outrageous act for which he suffers agonising 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.
The series was shot entirely on location in Dorset, largely in the village of Corfe Castle. [3]