Wessex Tales - Entire Series - 2-DVD Set

Wessex Tales - Complete Series - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
296 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Desmond Davis

Written By:
Thomas Hardy
Rhys Adrian

Actors:
Nick Brimble ..... Willowes (1 episode, 1973)
John Hurt ..... Joshua Harlborough (1 episode, 1973)
Billie Whitelaw ..... Rhoda (1 episode, 1973)
Yvonne Antrobus ..... Gertrude (1 episode, 1973)
Ben Kingsley ..... Lord Uplandtowers (1 episode, 1973)
David Troughton ..... Cornelius Harlborough (1 episode, 1973)
Edward Hardwicke ..... Farmer John Lodge (1 episode, 1973)
Joanna McCallum ..... Barbara (1 episode, 1973)
Paul Rogers ..... Mr. Harlborough (1 episode, 1973)
Lynne Frederick ..... Rosa Harlborough (1 episode, 1973)
William Relton ..... Jamie (1 episode, 1973)
Heather Canning ..... Selimar (1 episode, 1973)
Paul Hardwick ..... Hangman (1 episode, 1973)
Leslie Sands ..... Sir John Grebe (1 episode, 1973)
Richard Cornish ..... Drenkard (1 episode, 1973)
Esmond Knight ..... Conjuror Trendle (1 episode, 1973)
Edward Petherbridge ..... Squire Fellmer (1 episode, 1973)
Betty Cooper ..... Mrs. Fellmer (1 episode, 1973)
Jean Gilpin ..... Mrs. Drenkard (1 episode, 1973)
Hugh Morton ..... Doctor (1 episode, 1973)
John Boswall ..... Tutor (1 episode, 1973)
Dan Meaden ..... Countryman (1 episode, 1973)
Virginia Snyders ..... Housekeeper (1 episode, 1973)
Andrew McCulloch ..... Farm Laborer (1 episode, 1973)
Robert Rietty ..... Sculptor (1 episode, 1973)
John Welsh ..... Dairyman (1 episode, 1973)
Janet Henfrey ..... Mary (1 episode, 1973)
Valerie Holliman ..... Beth (1 episode, 1973)
John Rainer ..... Clergyman (1 episode, 1973)
Peter Bennett ..... Principal (1 episode, 1973)
Merelina Kendall ..... Meg (1 episode, 1973)
Charles Rae ..... Bailiff (1 episode, 1973)
Paul Imbusch ..... Vicar (1 episode, 1973)
Peter Geddis ..... Beggar (1 episode, 1973)
Don Henderson ..... Tramp (1 episode, 1973)
Matthew Guinness ..... Tramp (1 episode, 1973)
Sheila Allen ..... Lady Grebe (1 episode, 1973)
Jane Asher ..... Lucy Saville (1 episode, 1973)
Katy Bartlett ..... Child (1 episode, 1973)
Claire Bloom ..... Ella (1 episode, 1973)
George Camiller ..... Robert Trewe (1 episode, 1973)
Ben Cross ..... Matthaus Tina (1 episode, 1973)
Ann Curthoys ..... Emily Downe (1 episode, 1973)
Amanda Davis ..... Child (1 episode, 1973)
Rachel Davis ..... Child (1 episode, 1973)
Paul Dawkins ..... Coburn (1 episode, 1973)
Anthony Edwards ..... Boatman (1 episode, 1973)
Colin Edwynn ..... Fisherman (1 episode, 1973)
Susan Fleetwood ..... Mrs. Barnet (1 episode, 1973)
Terence Frisby ..... Charles Downe (1 episode, 1973)
Emma Gohar ..... Marchmill child (1 episode, 1973)
Julian Gohar ..... Marchmill child (1 episode, 1973)
Naomi Gohar ..... Marchmill child (1 episode, 1973)
Kenneth Haigh ..... Barnet (1 episode, 1973)
Robert Hartley ..... William (1 episode, 1973)
Emrys James ..... Dr. Grove (1 episode, 1973)
Richard Kay ..... Humphrey Gould (1 episode, 1973)
Barbara Kellerman ..... Nanny (1 episode, 1973)
Charles Kinross ..... Marchmill's friend (1 episode, 1973)
Mary Larkin ..... Phyllis Grove (1 episode, 1973)
Max Latimer ..... Marchmill's friend (1 episode, 1973)
Lasairfhiona Mangan ..... Marchmill's maid (1 episode, 1973)
John McKelvey ..... Dr. Charlson (1 episode, 1973)
Maureen Pryor ..... Mrs. Hooper (1 episode, 1973)
Norman Rodway ..... Marchmill (1 episode, 1973)
William Simons ..... Jones (1 episode, 1973)
Anne-Louise Wakefield ..... Mrs. Hooper's maid (1 episode, 1973)

Synopsis:

Celebrated writers, actors and directors bring six Thomas Hardy tales to exceptional life in this stunning collection from 1973. In 1973, the BBC commissioned six writers, six directors and an exceptional cast of actors to undertake the Wessex Tales of Dorset author Thomas Hardy. These included writers such as Dennis Potter and William Trevor; directors like Mike Newell and actors like Billie Whitelaw, John Hurt, Claire Bloom and Ben Kingsley. These tales - of witchery, revenge, thwarted passion, costly ambition, buried desire, madness and betrayal - find their participants entrapped repeatedly by fate - always at liberty to make choices, but inevitably confronted by their destiny. Features six dramatisations of Thomas Hardy's short stories: The Withered Arm, Fellow Townsmen, A Tragedy Of Two Ambitions, An Imaginative Woman, The Melancholy Hussar and Barbara Of The House Of Glebe.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: The Withered Arm
Original Air Date-7 November 1973
Season 1, Episode 2: Fellow Townsmen
Original Air Date-14 November 1973
Season 1, Episode 3: A Tragedy of Two Ambitions
Original Air Date-21 November 1973
This is the first of Dennis Potter's adaptations from Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). It aired on WESSEX TALES, a BBC2 series devoted to Hardy dramatizations. Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, an area he called Wessex in his writings, including WESSEX POEMS (1898). As in the original short story, two brothers attained respectable positions, but then feel they must do something about their father's lowly status. Five years later, Potter did a BBC2 miniseries adaptation of Hardy's 1886 novel, THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE.
Season 1, Episode 4: An Imaginative Woman
Original Air Date-28 November 1973
Season 1, Episode 5: The Melancholy Hussar
Original Air Date-5 December 1973
Season 1, Episode 6: Barbara of the House of Grebe
Original Air Date-12 December 1973

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