| Runtime: | 175 minutes |
| Director: | Ian Sharp |
| Starring: | Justine Waddell Jason Flemyng Oliver Milburn John McEnery Lesley Dunlop Rosalind Knight Anthony O'Donnell Christine Moore Bryan Pringle Debbie Chazen |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Composer: | Alan Lisk |
| Company: | A&E Productions LWT |
| Channel: | ITV |
| Producer: | Sarah Wilson |
| Executive Producer: | Sally Head Delia Fine |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 2 |
Tess of the D'Urbervilles is a three-hour television serial made by London Weekend Television, first broadcast on ITV between 8 and 9 March 1998, adapted for television by Ted Whitehead and directed by Ian Sharp and starring Justine Waddell, based on Thomas Hardy's 1891 book Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
This serial of Tess of the D'Urbervilles was co-produced by London Weekend Television in partnership with the Arts and Entertainment Network of the US, which at the time was beginning to rival PBS in part-funding and broadcasting high quality British productions.[1]