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| Title Statement | Tess of the d'Urbervilles [DVD] a BBC/WGB co-production ; adapted by David Nicholls ; director, David Blair ; producer, David Snodin. |
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| Additional Contributors | Blair, David |
| Arterton, Gemma | |
| Matheson, Hans,1975- | |
| Redmayne, Eddie,1982- | |
| Hardy, Thomas,1840-1928 | |
| Publication | [London]: Burbank, Calif.: BBC Video ;Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2009. |
| Extent of Item | 2 videodiscs (ca. 212 min.) |
| ISBN | 1419878603 (v.r.) 9781419878602 (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 883929051830 |
| Other Number | 1963851 |
| General Notes | DVDs. Disc label title. Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2008. Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy. "2 Entertain". Widescreen version. Special features include: making-of featurette. |
| Performance Credits | Gemma Arterton, Hans Matheson, Eddie Redmayne, Jodie Whittaker, Ruth Jones. |
| Languages | English subtitles for the hard of hearing. |
| System Details | DVDs Dolby stereo. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Young women--Fiction |
| Women murderers--Fiction | |
| Poor families--Fiction | |
| Social classes--Fiction | |
| Country life--Fiction | |
| Man-woman relationships--Fiction | |
| By Location | England--Fiction--Social life and customs--19th century |
| Wessex (England)--Fiction | |
| By Genre | Television mini-series |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
