Tess of the D'Ubervilles

Season 1

As this drama opens, the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield, dressed in white, dances in the May Day celebrations in her village. She catches a glimpse of a handsome stranger, but he ignores her. Later Tess is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune. Here she meets a very different man - the manipulative and fraudulent Alec. Will her very innocence prove to be her downfall? A thrilling story of seduction, murder, cruelty and betrayal unfolds. Whilst unstintingly gorgeous and romantic, this new adaptation is an intense, moving and provocative depiction of the tragically beautiful story.

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S1 E1 - Episode 1
January 3, 2009
52min
TV-14
On a fine May afternoon, the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield spies a handsome young stranger at a village dance, but he ignores her. Forced by family hardship to seek support from her 'relatives' the D'Urbervilles, apparently an ancient lineage, she falls under the spell of her manipulative 'cousin' Alec - with shocking and lasting consequences.
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S1 E2 - Episode 2
January 3, 2009
52min
TV-14
Tess returns home in confusion and shame after being seduced by her manipulative 'cousin'.
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S1 E3 - Episode 3
January 10, 2009
53min
TV-14
Tess agrees to marry Angel, who confesses to a dishonourable event in his past.
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S1 E4 - Episode 4
January 10, 2009
52min
TV-14
As Tess pleads with Angel to return, she is relentlessly pursued by Alec.
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