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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC One - Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Episode 4

As Tess pleads with Angel to return, she is relentlessly pursued by Alec.

Last of the drama series based on Thomas Hardy's novel. Tess pleads with Angel to return home, all the while being relentlessly pursued by Alec. Will she find happiness?

In the last in the four-part drama series based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, Angel has gone to Brazil, leaving Tess to endure a harsh winter on a swede farm. 

While being relentlessly pursued by Alec, she has written to Angel, pleading with him to return before it is too late. Unfortunately, Angel has been struck down by a dangerous fever, and when Tess' sister arrives with bad news about their father it sparks a chain of misfortunes. 

Will Tess ever see Angel again and find happiness at last?

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