A television adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel which tells the story of the doomed Jude Fawley, a bright but poor stonemason. Trapped into marriage with Bella he is unable to realise his ambitions of education at Christminster. When Bella leaves him for Australia he meets his cousin Sue with whom he begins a long and tortuous relationship with tragic consequences, seeming to realise his aunt’s belief that marriage and the Fawley’s are not a possible combination. Stars Robert Powell, Alex Marshall and Fiona Walker.
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ACMI Identifier
302606
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Adaptations
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)