JUST SEEN IT !!!!
Very good take on Far From The Madding Crowd but unlike Schlesinger's work, this felt like a made-for-TV film.
That said, the performances were all good and allusions to Hardy were amusing and well done.
The only irritating aspect was the over-playing of the schoolgirls role in the story. It felt a bit too contrived wheras the rest seemed to fall in somewhat credibly.