BBC drama series based on short stories written by Thomas Hardy.
Where to Watch Wessex Tales • Miniseries
6 Episodes
The Withered Arm
E1
The Withered ArmIn the early 19th century, a young married woman is stricken with a mysterious malady and searching for a cure leads her in to mysteries and tragedy.
Fellow Townsmen
E2
Fellow TownsmenBarnet has made an unhappy marriage, Downe a happy one. The lives of the 'Fellow Townsmen' become tragically interwoven.
A Tragedy of Two Ambitions
E3
A Tragedy of Two AmbitionsLike a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability.
An Imaginative Woman
E4
An Imaginative WomanFate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.
The Melancholy Hussar
E5
The Melancholy HussarA tragic rural romance between a soldier who hates the service, and the rustic maid whose love could save him.
Barbara of the House of Grebe
E6
Barbara of the House of GrebeLord Uplandtowers vows to make Barbara his wife, but she has secret plans of her own.
