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Adam Bede / BBC ; WGBH, Boston ; writer, Maggie Wadey ; producer, Peter Goodchild ; director, Giles Foster.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Foster, Giles, director.
Goodchild, Peter, producer.
Wadey, Maggie, screenwriter.
Glen, Iain, 1961- actor.
Kensit, Patsy, actor.
Harker, Susannah, actor.
Wilby, James, actor.
Hartley, Richard (Composer), composer.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
British Broadcasting Corporation, producer.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc., distributor.
BBC Video (Firm), distributor.
Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Series:
George Eliot collection.
BBC video classics.
BBC video classics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Film adaptations.
Eliot, George.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
Carpenters--Drama.
Carpenters.
Aristocracy (Social class)--Great Britain--Drama.
Aristocracy (Social class).
Working class--England--Midlands--Drama.
Working class.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
History.
Great Britain.
England--Midlands.
Great Britain--History--1714-1837--Drama.
Derbyshire (England)--Drama.
Derbyshire (England).
Genre:
Drama.
Romance films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television mini-series.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, distributor ; [United States] : BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. : BBC Video, [2007]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD; Dolby Digital; Region 1.
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Adam Bede, an honest, hard-working carpenter, has his heart set on marrying his sweetheart, pretty dairymaid Hetty Sorrel. Hetty wants nothing to do with her boring life on the farm and she allows herself to be seduced by the heir to a local estate. She finds herself abandoned and pregnant from her ill-fated dalliance.
Participant:
Iain Glen, Patsy Kensit, Susannah Harker, James Wilby, Julia McKenzie, Robert Stephens, Jean Marsh, Freddie Jones, Michael Percival, Edward Jewesbury, Brian Osborne, Paul Brooke, Tacita Haffenden, Chase Marks, William Holmes, Alan Cox, Michael Robbins, Jonathan Coy, Angus Barnett, Johnny Van Derrick, Roy Evans, Jack Milner, Jennie Heslewood, Bill Moody, Patsy Byrne, James Greene, George Innes.
Credits:
Photographer, Rex Maidment ; editor, Dick Allen ; music, Richard Hartley.
Notes:
Based on the novel by George Eliot.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Originally shown on Masterpiece Theatre in 1991.
Isued in a slipcase with title The George Eliot collection.
ISBN:
1419848720
1419848798
OCLC:
101431464
Publisher Number:
794051288127
794051289926 (set)
E2881 BBC Video
E2899 BBC Video (set)

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