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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 4

Series based on the novel by Thomas Hardy. Tess returns home in confusion and shame, but finds work on a dairy farm where she meets the handsome Angel Clare again.

Second in the four-part drama series based on the novel by Thomas Hardy. Tess returns home in confusion and shame after being seduced by her manipulative 'cousin' Alec D'Urberville.

Her baby, whom she christens Sorrow, is a sickly child, but Tess finds work on a dairy farm where she meets the handsome Angel Clare again. Can he offer her the love and deliverance she craves?

10 months left to watch

58 minutes

Audio described

Credits

Role Contributor
Tess Durbeyfield Gemma Arterton
Alec D'Urberville Hans Matheson
Angel Clare Eddie Redmayne
Joan Durbeyfield Ruth Jones
Parson Tringham Donald Sumpter
John Durbeyfield Ian Puleston-Davies
Mrs D'Urberville Anna Massey
Groby Christopher Fairbank
Producer David Snodin

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