The Mayor of Casterbridge(1978)

The Dennis Potter adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic tale

The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC drama serial adapted from Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel. Written by Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles, it stars Alan Bates as Michael Henchard, a desperate hay-trusser who, in a drunken moment at a fair, sells his wife and child to a sailor for five guineas. Horrified by his own actions, Henchard swears off alcohol for twenty-one years and rebuilds his life through determination and shrewd business sense, eventually becoming the respected mayor of Casterbridge. But when his wife and daughter unexpectedly return eighteen years later, his carefully constructed world begins to crumble. This seven-part serial captures Hardy's tragic exploration of ambition, redemption, and the inescapable consequences of past sins.

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