The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)

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The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Dennis Potter adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic tale

Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and for five guineas sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act finally sets in, Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But eighteen years after his fateful oath, his wife and daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.

1978

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The Mayor of Casterbridge: Season 1 - 7 Episode s

1x1 - Part One
January 22, 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....
1x2 - Part Two
January 29, 1978
Henchard is now Mayor of Casterbridge. When his wife returns, eighteen years after he sold her, he decides they must remarry.
1x3 - Part Three
February 5, 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.
1x4 - Part Four
February 12, 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...
1x5 - Part Five
February 19, 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.
1x6 - Part Six
February 26, 1978
Farfrae becomes Mayor of Casterbridge. Lucetta, afraid that Henchard will expose her, asks him to return her love letters.
1x7 - Part Seven
March 5, 1978
Lucetta has died, the victim of an evil trick. Henchard's conciliation with Elizabeth is short-lived: when her father comes to claim her Henchard pretends she is dead.

The Mayor of Casterbridge: 1 Season

S1: Miniseries
7 Episode s

Actors in The Mayor of Casterbridge

Alan Bates
Michael Henchard
Janet Maw
Elizabeth-Jane
Jack Galloway
Donald Farfrae
Anna Massey
Lucetta Farfrae/Templeman
Ronald Lacey
Jopp
Avis Bunnage
Mrs. Goodenough
Richard Owens
Newson
Douglas Milvain
Coney
Peter Bourke
Abel Whittle
Jeffrey Holland
Carter

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1x1 - Part One

1x2 - Part Two

1x3 - Part Three

1x4 - Part Four

1x5 - Part Five

1x6 - Part Six

1x7 - Part Seven

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Alan Bates

Janet Maw

Jack Galloway

Anna Massey

Ronald Lacey

Avis Bunnage

Richard Owens

Douglas Milvain

Peter Bourke

Jeffrey Holland

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