| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; 4:3 aspect ratio ; stereo. |
| Cast |
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 |
Cinematography, Rex Maidment ; film editor, Dick Allen ; music, Richard Hartley. |
| Note |
DVD release of the original 1992 BBC television program. |
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Based on the novel by George Eliot. |
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"BBC video classics"--Container. |
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Also issued in 5-disc set: The George Eliot Collection. |
| 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. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Carpenters -- Drama.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837 -- Drama.
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Derbyshire (England) -- Drama.
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Aristocracy (Political science) -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Made-for-TV movies.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Goodchild, Peter, 1947-
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Foster, Giles.
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Wadey, Maggie.
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Glen, Iain, 1961-
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Kensit, Patsy.
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Harker, Susannah.
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Wilby, James.
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McKenzie, Julia.
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Stephens, Robert, 1931-1995.
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Marsh, Jean.
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Jones, Freddie, 1927-2019
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Eliot, George.
Adam Bede.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1419848720 |
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9781419848728 |
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1419848798 set |
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9781419848797 set |
| Standard No. |
794051288127 |
| Music No. |
E2881 BBC Home Video |
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