An anthology series based on the Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories by novelist Thomas Hardy.
Created by
Thomas Hardy
Network
BBC Two
Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First Aired
1973-11-07
Last Aired
1973-12-12
1. The Withered Arm
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.
2. Fellow Townsmen
1973-11-14
Barnet has made an unhappy marriage, Downe a happy one. The lives of the 'Fellow Townsmen' become tragically interwoven.
3. A Tragedy of Two Ambitions
1973-11-21
Like a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability.
4. An Imaginative Woman
1973-11-28
Fate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.
5. The Melancholy Hussar
1973-12-05
A tragic rural romance between a soldier who hates the service, and the rustic maid whose love could save him.
6. Barbara of the House of Grebe
Lord Uplandtowers vows to make Barbara his wife, but she has secret plans of her own.
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