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Premiered

Wednesday, November 7, 1973

Ended: Wednesday, December 12, 1973

When does Wessex Tales Season 1 come out?

Wessex Tales Season 1 premiered Wednesday, November 7, 1973 on BBC Two and ended Wednesday, December 12, 1973. The season has 6 episodes.

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Wessex Tales Season 1 release schedule

Wessex Tales Season 1 episode release dates
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1. The Withered Arm

In the early 19th century, a young married woman is stricken with a mysterious malady and searching for a cure leads her in to mysteries and tragedy.

Wednesday · 53 years ago

2. Fellow Townsmen

Barnet has made an unhappy marriage, Downe a happy one. The lives of the 'Fellow Townsmen' become tragically interwoven.

Wednesday · 53 years ago

3. A Tragedy of Two Ambitions

Like a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability.

Wednesday · 53 years ago

4. An Imaginative Woman

Fate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.

Wednesday · 52 years ago

5. The Melancholy Hussar

A tragic rural romance between a soldier who hates the service, and the rustic maid whose love could save him.

Wednesday · 52 years ago

6. Barbara of the House of Grebe Finale

Lord Uplandtowers vows to make Barbara his wife, but she has secret plans of her own.

Wednesday · 52 years ago

Wessex Tales Season 1 guest stars

  • Billie Whitelaw

    Billie Whitelaw

    Rhoda

  • Yvonne Antrobus

    Gertrude

  • Edward Hardwicke

    Edward Hardwicke

    Farmer John Lodge

  • William Relton

    Jamie

  • Paul Hardwick

    Paul Hardwick

    Hangman

  • Esmond Knight

    Esmond Knight

    Conjuror Trendle

  • Hugh Morton

    Hugh Morton

    Doctor

  • Virginia Snyders

    Housekeeper

  • John Welsh

    John Welsh

    Dairyman

  • Valerie Holliman

    Beth

  • Merelina Kendall

    Merelina Kendall

    Meg

  • Kenneth Haigh

    Kenneth Haigh

    Barnet

  • Jane Asher

    Jane Asher

    Lucy Saville

  • Terence Frisby

    Charles Downe

  • Susan Fleetwood

    Susan Fleetwood

    Mrs Barnet

  • Ann Curthoys

    Emily Downe

Wessex Tales Season 1 FAQ

When does Wessex Tales Season 1 come out?

Wessex Tales Season 1 premiered Wednesday, November 7, 1973 on BBC Two.

How many episodes are in Wessex Tales Season 1?

Wessex Tales Season 1 has 6 episodes.

Are new episodes of Wessex Tales Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Wessex Tales Season 1 finale?

The Wessex Tales Season 1 finale (Episode 6) aired Wednesday, December 12, 1973.

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