Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Angel Clare

Joan Durbeyfield

John Durbeyfield

Groby

Liza-Lu Durbeyfield

Cuthbert Clare

Felix Clare

Izzy Huett

Mr Clare

Parson Tringham

Marion

Mrs Clare

Abraham Durbeyfield

Kate (3 episodes, 2008)

Mary (3 episodes, 2008)

Retty Priddle

Mr Crick

Mrs Crick

Co-stars Hans Matheson and Eddie Redmayne have both starred as Marius in different adaptations of 'Victor Hugo''s novel, Les Misérables. Matheson appeared as Marius in Les Misérables (1998), while Redmayne played Marius in the musical version, Les Misérables (2012).

BBC Television's first-ever adaptation of Hardy's novel.

There are two musical anachronisms. First, Angel plays an autoharp which was not invented until the 1880s in Germany, and would not have been an English folk instrument at the time of TESS. Secondly, the congregation is heard singing "How Great Thou Art," which was written in Swedish in 1885, but was not commonly known in English until Stuart Hine's translation (circa 1950).