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Tess Of
The D'Urbervilles Ep 1/4
Sunday 14 September
9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE
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Gemma Arterton takes the lead
role in a new adaptation of
Thomas Hardy's classic novel Gemma Arterton, Ian Puleston-Davies, Eddie Redmayne, Hans Matheson and Anna Massey star in BBC Television's first-ever adaption of Thomas Hardy's classic novel, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles. Written by David Nicholls (Starter For Ten, Much Ado About Nothing), the four-part drama begins with John Durbeyfield, a "haggler" and a drunk, weaving his way towards the pub one afternoon when he meets the village priest, Parson Tringham, who tells him that his family has distinguished ancestry. They are descended from the D'Urbervilles, a wealthy, but now extinct, family.
Durbeyfield's daughter, the beautiful Tess, is dancing with the other village girls at the May Day parade. There she spies a handsome young stranger joining in the dance. His name is Angel Clare, a parson's son, but he doesn't seem to notice her.
Durbeyfield and his wife, Joan, have learnt that a woman called D'Urberville lives nearby. They want to send Tess over there to "claim kin". Tess is reluctant but when the family horse is injured in an accident and has to be shot, she realises that, for the family's sake, she must go.
She meets Alec D'Urberville, a good-looking, suave and apparently charming man, who lives with his mother in the biggest house Tess has ever seen. He does not permit her to meet his mother. But, when Tess leaves, Alec forges a letter from Mrs D'Urberville, offering Tess a job on their estate. Tess accepts.
Alec and his mother are not genuinely descended from the D'Urbervilles. His late father bought the title with money made from manufacturing chocolate. Tess at last meets the blind and daunting Mrs D'Urberville, and works on the estate under the wary supervision of the bailiff, Groby.
Aiming to seduce Tess, Alec showers her with attention and gifts, assuring her that her family will want for nothing. Offering her a ride home after a village fair, he deliberately gets lost, tells her to sleep while he finds help, but returns and rapes her.
Tess returns home in shame and confused. A year has passed since the May Day dance. Now she can only watch the dancing girls from afar, holding a tiny baby boy in her arms.
John Durbeyfield is played by Ian Puleston-Davies, Parson Tringham by Donald Sumpter, Tess by Gemma Arterton, Angel Clare by Eddie Redmayne, Alec D'Urberville by Hans Matheson, Mrs D'Urberville by Anna Massey, Joan by Ruth Jones and Groby by Christopher Fairbank.
GJ
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Valentine Warner goes hunting
for the best autumn meat in
What To Eat Now Culinary explorer and chef Valentine Warner makes his television debut, combining his two great passions – food and nature. Valentine hunts, fishes and cooks his way across Britain's rivers, seas, woodlands and fields to create mouth-watering recipes from the very best autumn fare.
His philosophy is to work in harmony with nature to capture the intensity of flavour which seasonal produce provides. In the first episode autumn meat is on the menu, including lamb, rabbit and mushrooms.
Valentine is a firm believer that the best lamb is born rather than eaten in spring. Having grazed on summer grass, lamb is at its most flavoursome in autumn. To find wonderfully dark, rich and succulent meat he heads to Snowdonia to meet sheep farmer Alun Edwards, who gave up his acting career to run his father's sheep farm. Valentine cooks a roast shoulder of lamb with bitter herbs and honey.
Vindolanda, the remains of a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, is under attack again – this time from rabbits. Justin Blake, one of the archaeologists concerned by the damage to the site, keeps the rabbit numbers down with a shotgun. Valentine suggests using an air rifle (it's quieter) and then cooks a delicious dish for the volunteers – rabbit with peas, cider and lettuce.
Sharing his passion for wild fungi and truffles is Dr Paul Thomas – one of the country's leading authorities of truffle cultivation and an expert forager. After completing a Biology PhD, Paul used his scientific knowledge to successfully cultivate truffles. With Valentine, he heads off to the Derbyshire woods to hunt for the elusive delicacy.
Valentine whips up a quick and simple dish of truffles with scrambled egg. His delicious wild mushroom lasagne is also featured.
BR/LS2
Bruce Parry meets an
Ashaninka boy in Peru as he
sets out on his journey along
the Amazon Bruce Parry (Tribe) returns for his most ambitious series yet as he journeys from the source of the mighty Amazon river to its mouth in Amazon.
His epic journey takes him along the world's greatest river, starting high up on the Peruvian mountain Nevado Mismi. He travels through the world's largest forest – the most bio-diverse habitat on the planet, and home to some of the last uncontacted tribes left on Earth – and finally to the port of Belem, where the tiny trickle that started as glacial melt water finally meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Bruce begins in typical style, spending some time living with a family of llama farmers. But he's soon on the trail of something more sinister as he meets some of the key players in the cocaine trade, and the narcotics police determined to stamp them out.
JW
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