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Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998 TV serial)

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Written byTed Whitehead (adaptation)
Directed byIan Sharp
StarringJustine Waddell
Jason Flemyng
Oliver Milburn
John McEnery
Lesley Dunlop
Rosalind Knight
Anthony O'Donnell
Christine Moore
Bryan Pringle
Debbie Chazen
ComposerAlan Lisk
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producersSally Head
Delia Fine
ProducerSarah Wilson
Running time175 minutes
Production companiesA&E Productions
LWT
Original release
NetworkITV
Release8 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

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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

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References

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