Tess of the D'Urbervilles | |
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Written by | Ted Whitehead (adaptation) |
Directed by | Ian Sharp |
Starring | Justine Waddell Jason Flemyng Oliver Milburn John McEnery Lesley Dunlop Rosalind Knight Anthony O'Donnell Christine Moore Bryan Pringle Debbie Chazen |
Composer | Alan Lisk |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sally Head Delia Fine |
Producer | Sarah Wilson |
Running time | 175 minutes |
Production companies | A&E Productions LWT |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 8 March – 9 March 1998 |
Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a three-hour television serial made by London Weekend Television, first broadcast on ITV between 8 and 9 March 1998, adapted for television by Ted Whitehead and directed by Ian Sharp and starring Justine Waddell, based on Thomas Hardy's 1891 book Tess of the d'Urbervilles .
This serial of Tess of the D'Urbervilles was co-produced by London Weekend Television in partnership with the Arts and Entertainment Network of the US, which at the time was beginning to rival PBS in part-funding and broadcasting high quality British productions. [1]