S1E1

Part One

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

calendar_todaySep 14, 2008 schedule60 min star6.3

On a fine May afternoon, the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield spies a handsome young stranger at a village dance, but he ignores her. Forced by family hardship to seek support from her 'relatives' the D'Urbervilles, apparently an ancient lineage, she falls under the spell of her manipulative 'cousin' Alec - with shocking and lasting consequences.

broadcast_on_home Networks

BBC One

star Guest Stars

Donald Sumpter

Donald Sumpter

Parson Tringham

Anna Massey

Anna Massey

Mrs D'Urberville

Joel Rowbottom

Joel Rowbottom

Abraham Durbeyfield

Steven Robertson

Steven Robertson

Cuthbert Clare

Laura Elphinstone

Laura Elphinstone

Car Darch

Sara Gregory

Sara Gregory

Nancy Darch

Christine Bottomley

Christine Bottomley

Kate

Emma Stansfield

Emma Stansfield

Mary

person

Merelina Kendall

Miss Evans

Sarah Counsell

Sarah Counsell

Drunken Woman

person

Ewan Watson

Man with Gun