Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998 TV serial)

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Written by	Ted Whitehead (adaptation)
Directed by	Ian Sharp
Starring	Justine Waddell Jason Flemyng Oliver Milburn John McEnery Lesley Dunlop Rosalind Knight Anthony O'Donnell Christine Moore Bryan Pringle Debbie Chazen
Composer	Alan Lisk
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Sally Head Delia Fine
Producer	Sarah Wilson
Running time	175 minutes
Production companies	A&E Productions LWT
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	8 March (1998-03-08) – 9 March 1998 (1998-03-09)

Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a three-hour television serial made by London Weekend Television, first broadcast on ITV between 8 and 9 March 1998, adapted for television by Ted Whitehead and directed by Ian Sharp and starring Justine Waddell, based on Thomas Hardy's 1891 book Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Production

This serial of Tess of the D'Urbervilles was co-produced by London Weekend Television in partnership with the Arts and Entertainment Network of the US, which at the time was beginning to rival PBS in part-funding and broadcasting high quality British productions.^[1]

Cast

• Justine Waddell as Tess Durbeyfield
• Jason Flemyng as Alec D'Urberville
• Oliver Milburn as Angel Clare
• John McEnery as Jack Durbeyfield
• Lesley Dunlop as Joan Durbeyfield
• Rosalind Knight as Mrs D'Urberville
• Anthony O'Donnell as Crick
• Christine Moore as Mrs Crick
• Bryan Pringle as Kail
• Debbie Chazen as Marian
• Linda Armstrong as Car Darch
• Hannah Waterman as Nancy
• Charlotte Bellamy as Cissie
• Candida Rundle as Izzy
• Amanda Brewster as Retty
• Russell Morgan as Boy with Wheelbarrow

References

1. Paul J. Niemeyer, Seeing Hardy: Film and Television Adaptations of the Fiction of Thomas Hardy (2003), p. 208

External links

• Tess of the D'Urbervilles at IMDb.com