Wessex Tales
Wessex Tales is a TV show on BBC4. The 1970s adaptation of Thomas Hardy's short stories, from surreal to sorrowful. Starring a host of talent including John Hurt, Billie Whitelaw, Jane Asher and Ben Kingsley. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2024.
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Wessex Tales
Fate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.
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The arrival of the York Hussars on the Dorset Downs has a dramatic impact upon the life of Phyllis Grove.
Lord Uplandtowers vows that he will make Barbara his wife. But she has secret plans of her own.
When Farmer Lodge brings home his new bride, a mysterious enemy awaits to blight their happiness.
Barnet has made an unhappy marriage, Downe a happy one. The lives of the 'Fellow Townsmen' become tragically interwoven.
Like a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability. Dramatised by Dennis Potter and starring John Hurt.