Hardy's Britain
Hardy's Britain
Watch hardy's britain soap2day. Gyles Brandreth explores the landscape that influenced Thomas Hardy. The author spent most of his life in the south-west of England, and set his most famous novels - Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the Obscure and his breakthrough novel Far from the Madding Crowd - in the fictional county of Wessex. By inviting input from experts and celebrity fans, Gyles discovers that, although Wessex may be fictional, the locations Hardy describes are influenced by real places.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Nicola Seare
- Cast: Gyles Brandreth,