The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Note: this print runs 50 minutes against a recorded 350 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Alan Bates
Directed by David Giles
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy. The six-hour drama was written by television dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles with Alan Bates as the title character. It was released as a 3-disc DVD box set in May 2003.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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