TV series

Jude the Obscure

1971 · 1 season

A slow, sorrowful trudge through a life of thwarted hopes, leaving a heavy sense of injustice and grief.

Overview: Jude the Obscure is a British television serial directed by Hugh David and dramatised by Harry Green, based on Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel of the same name. Born into poverty, young Jude Fawley refuses to accept his lot in life. As his dreams are shattered one by one, his life gradually descends into tragedy.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Class, grief, fate, love
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
grief
fate
love
betrayal
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild