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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

2008 · 1 season

A lush, sorrowful costume drama that wraps you in rural beauty while steadily tightening around a doomed heroine.

Created by
David Blair
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Hans Matheson
Tagline
A thrilling story of seduction, love and betrayal.
Overview
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

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Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
David Blair
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Hans Matheson
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • betrayal
  • love
  • fate
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
David Blair
Written by
David Nicholls
Starring
Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Hans Matheson, Ruth Jones, Christopher Fairbank, Ian Puleston-Davies, Jo Woodcock, Hugh Skinner
Music
Rob Lane
Cinematography
Wojciech Szepel
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 60 min each
Network
BBC One
Languages
English, Hungarian

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