The Mayor of Casterbridge (series)
- User score: 5.5
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1/22/1978
- Release date of last episode: 3/5/1978
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 7
- Run time: 50 min.
Series description
Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and for five guineas sells his wife and child to a sailor. When the horror of his act finally sets in, Henchard swears he will not touch alcohol for twenty-one years. Through hard work and acumen, he becomes rich, respected, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But eighteen years after his fateful oath, his wife and daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, return to Casterbridge, and his fortunes steadily decline.
