The Mayor of Casterbridge
19781 Season50m episodes6.8
Drama
- Runtime
- 50m episodes
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- GB
About
The Dennis Potter adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic tale
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy. The six-hour drama was written by dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles, with Alan Bates as the title character. Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and, for five guineas, sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act finally sets in, Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But eighteen years after his fateful oath, his wife and daughter return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.
Where to watch
Stream
Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Writing
- Dennis Potter, Thomas Hardy
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Jan 22, 1978
- Network
- BBC Two
- Studio
- BBC
Time to finish
6 hrs
7 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.
Cast
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