The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Dennis Potter adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic tale

Release date : 1978-01-22

Production country :

United Kingdom

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Network :

BBC Two

Status : Ended

Total Season : 1

Total episode : 7

Popularity : 0.9277

5.7 Total Vote : 3

Drama

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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, Elizabeth-Jane, return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.