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Dennis Potter's powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel. Alan Bates plays Michael Henchard, the rich and respectable man who auctions his wife and child at a West Country fair. Twenty years later, and now Mayor, his past comes back to haunt him. This adaptation was screened in over 30 countries.

 

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Director David Giles
Starring Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway

 

Genre Television

 

Country UK Language ENGLISH   Year 1978

 

Technical Details

Certificate Ex   Length 385 mins   Label BBC
Cat No BBCDVD1674   Format DVD   Colour
Region2    

 

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Article - "Dennis Potter" by Michael Brooke
Monday 5th September 2005

Like Orson Welles, Dennis Potter (1935-94) all but started at the top, acclaimed as one of television's greatest writers from his first year in the business. Though there was no single blazing masterpiece to herald his arrival, a BBC initiative aimed at developing n...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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