Rich and languorous, this adaptation of George Eliot's classic tale perfectly evokes rural England in the 18th Century. But beneath the tranquil surface of this pastoral idyll run deep passions and the bitter gall of betrayal.

Iain Glen
Adam Bede

Patsy Kensit
Hetty Sorrel

Susannah Harker
Dinah Morris

James Wilby
Arthur Donnithorne

Julia McKenzie
Mrs. Poyser

Robert Stephens
Reverend Irwine

Jean Marsh
Lisbeth Bede

Freddie Jones
Old Squire

Michael Percival
Court Official

Edward Jewesbury
Judge
Brian Osborne
Jury Spokesman

Paul Brooke
Martin Poyser
Tacita Haffenden
Totty Poyser
Chase Marks
Tommy Poyser
William Holmes
Marty Poyser