Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 7

Duration: 52'49''

Synopsis

Elizabeth-Jane and Henchard are reconciled but his peace is short-lived after her real father comes to claim her.

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Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 1

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1978 | 52'32''

Seven part television adaptation of the famous novel by Thomas Hardy.

Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 2

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1978 | 51'35''

Michael Henchard is the Mayor of Casterbridge. Eighteen years ago he sold his wife Susan. Now she has returned. For honour's sake, Michael ...

Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 3

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Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 4

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1978 | 50'25''

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Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 5

Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 5

1978 | 51'13''

Henchard is on the brink of ruin. His business is crumbling. He has been denounced as a wife seller. When he finds out Lucetta has married ...

Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 6

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As Henchard becomes lower, Farfrae rises to become the Mayor of Casterbridge. Lucetta lives in fair that Henchard will expose their past af...

Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 7

Mayor of Casterbridge | Episode 7

1978 | 52'49''

Elizabeth-Jane and Henchard are reconciled but his peace is short-lived after her real father comes to claim her.
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Tess agrees to marry Angel, to his great joy. When he confesses to a dishonourable event in his own past, Tess feels that she can at last tell him about her relationship with Alec D'Urberville and its consequences.
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