The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
- Directed by
- David Giles
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 7 episodes
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man sells his wife and daughter at a fair, then later becomes mayor of a town. His past actions haunt him as he tries to build a new life.
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What happens
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy. The six-hour drama was written by television dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles with Alan Bates as the title character. It was released as a 3-disc DVD box set in May 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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