Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a 4-hour British TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's book of the same name made for BBC. The script is by David Nicholls. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
The series commenced on September 14, 2008 and ran until October 5, 2008 in the United Kingdom in four parts. In the United States on PBS Masterpiece Classic in two parts on January 4 and 11, ...
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a 4-hour British TV adaptation of Thomas Hardy's book of the same name made for BBC. The script is by David Nicholls. It tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
The series commenced on September 14, 2008 and ran until October 5, 2008 in the United Kingdom in four parts. In the United States on PBS Masterpiece Classic in two parts on January 4 and 11, 2009.
The cast features Gemma Arterton as Tess, Hans Matheson as Alec, Eddie Redmayne as Angel, Ruth Jones as Joan, Anna Massey as Mrs d'Urberville and Kenneth Cranham as Rev Clare.
David Nicholls first read Hardy's famous novel at the age of sixteen, but on reapproaching the story over twenty-five years later he says "it seemed to cry out for a new screen adaptation". He described it as "a wonderfully emotionally-charged story, both intensely romantic and startlingly violent". In adapting the novel for the screen Nicholls gave particular...
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