The Mayor of Casterbridge (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1978-01-22
Ended: 1978-03-05
Network: BBC One
Country: GB
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 21:05
Runtime: 50 minutes
In a drunken and disheartened state, Michael Henchard sells his wife at a fair. When he becomes sober again he realises what he has done, and though unable to find his wife and child, changes his ways. He becomes the Mayor of the town. Nearly twenty years later his past comes back to haunt him.