Wessex Tales

Wessex Tales

An anthology series based on the Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories by novelist Thomas Hardy.

Drama

Seasons

1. The Withered Arm

Air Date: 1973-11-07

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

Air Date: 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

Air Date: 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

Air Date: 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

Air Date: 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

Air Date: 1973-12-12

Lord Uplandtowers vows to make Barbara his wife, but she has secret plans of her own.

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Rating

6.0/10

Release Date

1973-11-07

Episodes

6 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

BBC

BBC