Wessex Tales The Withered Arm (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 50 min | Drama

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Wessex Tales

The Withered Arm (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 50 min | Drama

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.

Writers

Thomas Hardy (short story) | Rhys Adrian (adapted by)

Producer

Composer

Joseph Horovitz

Editor

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 7, 1973

Release date

Nov 7, 1973 (United Kingdom)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Billie Whitelaw Rhoda Rhoda See fewer	The Omen (1976)
Yvonne Antrobus Gertrude Gertrude See fewer	Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Edward Hardwicke Farmer John Lodge Farmer John Lodge See fewer	Elizabeth (1998)
William Relton Jamie Jamie See fewer	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Paul Hardwick Hangman Hangman See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Esmond Knight Conjuror Trendle Conjuror Trendle See fewer	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Hugh Morton Doctor Doctor See fewer	Rebecca (1979)
Virginia Snyders Housekeeper Housekeeper See fewer	Never Never Land (1980)
John Welsh Dairyman Dairyman See fewer	Krull (1983)
Valerie Holliman Beth Beth See fewer	London's Burning (1988)
Merelina Kendall Meg Meg See fewer	1984 (1984)

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