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George Eliot - Adam Bede

George Eliot - Adam Bede: Episode 6

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Episode 6

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When Hetty meets with the captain in Donnithorne Woods, Adam takes action.

Staffordshire, 1799. When Hetty meets with the captain in Donnithorne Woods, Adam takes action. Stars Thomas Arnold.

Staffordshire, 1799: When Hetty meets with the Captain in Donnithorne Woods, Adam takes action.  

George Eliot's haunting story of love betrayed and love rewarded dramatised in 15 episodes by Robert Forrest.

An immediate bestseller in 1859, Eliot's second novel established her reputation and paved the way for masterpieces such as The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch.

Starring Thomas Arnold as Adam, Katherine Igoe as Hetty, Ann Scott-Jones as Lisbeth, Richard Greenwood as Arthur, John Kielty as Seth, Crawford Logan as Mr Irwine and Victoria Liddelle as Dinah.

Director: Patrick Rayner.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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Dramatisation of the classic novel set in a Midlands village

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