One woman, three men, and enough emotional chaos to fill four hours.
This powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel spins a story of passion and destruction set in the nineteenth century. The proud, flighty and bewitching Bathsheba Everdene finds herself entangled into the passions of three men and her impulsive nature pushes her into a web of deceit and destruction.
Acting
Paloma Baeza captures Bathsheba's maddening complexity
Cinematography
Sweeping Dorset landscapes that breathe with Hardy's vision
Production
Authentic 1870s detail in this BBC prestige production
Director
Nicholas Renton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1998 TV adaptation predates the 2015 Carey Mulligan film by 17 years, and both used the same Dorset locations.
Hardy's original serial publication in 1874 made Bathsheba one of literature's first truly complex female protagonists — unsympathetic yet compelling.
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