The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)

{{Short description|1978 British TV drama series}}

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| caption = DVD cover

| genre = Classic serial

| creator =

| based_on = {{based on|The Mayor of Casterbridge|Thomas Hardy}}

| writer =

| screenplay = Dennis Potter

| story =

| director = David Giles

| starring = Alan Bates

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_episodes = 7

| producer = Jonathan Powell

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| cinematography =

| composer = Carl Davis

| runtime = 50 min. (per episode) & 55 min. (final ep.){{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1978-03-05|title=BBC Two England - 5 March 1978 - BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}

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| network = BBC2

| first_aired = {{start date|1978|01|22|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1978|03|05|df=y}}

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The Mayor of Casterbridge is a 1978 BBC seven-part serial based on the eponymous 1886 book by the British novelist Thomas Hardy.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032kj6w |title=The Mayor of Casterbridge |website=BBC |date=22 January 1978 |access-date=4 November 2018}} The six-hour drama was written by television dramatist Dennis Potter and directed by David Giles with Alan Bates as the title character.{{Cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/574652/index.html |title=Mayor of Casterbridge, The (1978) |website=BFI ScreenOnline |access-date=4 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/73f7359b1fbe4d20a1676fef50673cea|title=The Mayor of Casterbridge: Episode 1|date=22 January 1978|issue=2828|pages=25|via=BBC Genome}} It was released as a 3-disc DVD box set in May 2003.