The BBC is adapting Thomas Hardy's Tess of The D'Urbervilles to be screened later this year.
It will star Gemma Arterton, the new Bond Girl in Quantum of Solace, as Tess. Also starring are Hans Matheson as Alec, Eddie Redmayne as Angel and Ruth Jones, the talented writer and actress from Gavin & Stacey, as Tess's mother Joan.


