Episode 2

Available for 38 days

Dramatisation of Hardy's novel about Tess Durbeyfield, a beautiful, poor young Dorset woman. In today's episode, Tess tries to make a clean break with her past by going to work at Talbothay's Dairy, a world away in a different vale. Cast: TESS ..... Faye Marsay ANGEL ..... Matthew Tennyson CRICK ..... John Dougall IZZY ..... Kathleen Cranham MARIAN ..... Bettrys Jones RETTY ..... Ell Potter CHARWOMAN ..... Alex Tregear JOAN DURBEYFIELD ..... Maggie Service MRS CRICK ..... Elizabeth Counsell MAN at the Inn ..... Hasan Dixon FARMER ..... John Lightbody STRANGER ..... Chris Lew Kum Hoi JONATHAN ..... David Seddon Author, Thomas Hardy Dramatist, Katie Hims Director, Mary Peate