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Masterpiece :: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Part 1 (38x10)

Episode Information

Title:

Tess of the D'Urbervilles Part 1

Episode #:

38x10

Original Airdate:

Sunday January 04th, 2009

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Episode Crew
Director:	David Blair (2)
Story:	Thomas Hardy (1)
Screenplay:	David Nicholls (2)

Episode Summary

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A young woman discovers that, although she was raised in a poor family, she had really been descended from aristocracy. She takes a job with a family who have purchased the name D'Uberville, her ancestral name, and is being preyed upon by Alec, the libertine son, causing her to run away.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Anna Massey	played	Mrs. d'Urberville	Recurring (7th appearance)
•Donald Sumpter	played	Parson Tringham	Recurring (second appearance)
•Emily Beecham	played	Retty Priddle	Recurring (first appearance)
•Hans Matheson	played	Alec d'Urberville	Recurring (third appearance)
•Jeany Spark	played	Mercy Chant	Recurring (first appearance)
•Jo Woodcock	played	Liza-Lu Durbeyfield	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kenneth Cranham	played	Mr. Clare	Recurring (first appearance)
•Ruth Jones	played	Joan Durbeyfield	Recurring (first appearance)
•Arwel Gruffyd	played	Farmer
•Brian Knight	played	Chaplain
•Christine Bottomley	played	Kate
•Christopher Fairbank (1)	played	Groby
•Eddie Redmayne	played	Angel Clare
•Emma Stansfield	played	Mary
•Ewan Watson	played	Man with gun
•Gemma Arterton	played	Tess Durbeyfield
•Hugh Skinner	played	Felix Clare
•Ian Puleston-Davies	played	John Durbeyfield
•Iwan John	played	Policeman
•Jessica Turner	played	Mrs. Clare
•Jodie Whittaker	played	Izz Huett
•Joel Rowbottom	played	Abraham Durbeyfield
•Julie Barclay	played	Mrs. Baxter
•Laura Elphinstone	played	Car Darch
•Merelina Kendall	played	Miss Evans
•Rebekah Staton	played	Marion
•Sally Bankes	played	Mrs. Crick
•Sara Lloyd Gregory	played	Nancy Darch
•Sarah Badel	played	Mrs. Brooks
•Sarah Counsell	played	Drunken woman
•Steven Elliot	played	Postman
•Steven Robertson	played	Cuthbert Clare
•Stuart Powell	played	Vicar
•Trevor Cooper	played	Mr. Crick