TV Show Details
Air Date:December 28th, 2003
Last Air Date:December 29th, 2003
Network:BBC Two
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
TV ShowBBC Two
Miniseries
Audience Score
Plot
At a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard quarrels with his wife Susan, and in a drunken fit decides to auction off his wife and baby to a sailor for five guineas. The next day, realising his loss, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far. Eighteen years later, Henchard has become Mayor of Casterbridge, a man well respected but not well liked. The unexpected return of his wife and daughter Elizabeth Jane sets off a turn of events that force him to face the consequences of his selfish impulses and violent temper.
