An anthology series based on the Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories by novelist Thomas Hardy.
S1E1 · 1973-11-07 · 75m
In the early 19th century, a young married woman is stricken with a mysterious malady and searching for a cure leads her in to mysteries and tragedy.
S1E2 · 1973-11-14 · 75m
Barnet has made an unhappy marriage, Downe a happy one. The lives of the 'Fellow Townsmen' become tragically interwoven.
S1E3 · 1973-11-21 · 75m
Like a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability.
S1E4 · 1973-11-28 · 75m
Fate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.
S1E5 · 1973-12-05 · 75m
A tragic rural romance between a soldier who hates the service, and the rustic maid whose love could save him.
S1E6 · 1973-12-12 · 75m
Lord Uplandtowers vows to make Barbara his wife, but she has secret plans of her own.
