The Mayor of Casterbridge 1
1978-01-22 | Drama | 7 episodes1 Season
Episode
Part One (1978)
Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor at a country fair, while drunk. As the years pass, he prospers and becomes mayor of the town. Then his wife and daughter come to live in the town....
Directed By
- David Giles
Writer
- Dennis Potter
Part Two (1978)
Henchard is now Mayor of Casterbridge. When his wife returns, eighteen years after he sold her, he decides they must remarry.
Directed By
- David Giles
Writer
- Dennis Potter
Part Three (1978)
The jealous Henchard has sacked Donald Farfrae and forbidden him to see Elizabeth-Jane. When his wife Susan dies it is just the start of his troubles.
Directed By
- David Giles
Writer
- Dennis Potter
Part Four (1978)
Elizabeth-Jane is now working for Lucetta, who, having been the subject of Henchard's attentions, is now interested in Farfrae. The furious Henchard plans to ruin his rival...
Directed By
- David Giles
Writer
- Dennis Potter
Part Five (1978)
Henchard's secret is out. Denounced as a wife-seller and with his business in trouble his discovery that Lucetta has married Farfrae completes his humiliation.
Directed By
- David Giles
Writer
- Dennis Potter
