Wives and Daughters

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Wives and Daughters

1999 • 1h 15m • 1 Season • 6 Episodes • ★ 7.3 (39 votes) Ended

Wives and Daughters is a 1999 four part BBC serial adapted from the novel Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story by Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. It focuses on Molly Gibson, the daughter of the town doctor, and the changes that occur in her life after her widowed father chooses to remarry. The union brings into her once-quiet life an ever-proper stepmother and flirtatious stepsister, Cynthia, while a friendship with the local squire brings about an unexpected romance.

Director

Nicholas Renton

Writer

Andrew Davies

Rating

7.3

Runtime

75 min

Episodes

6

Official Website

Production

GBH

GBH

Dune Films

BBC

BBC

Top Billed Cast

Justine Waddell

Justine Waddell

Molly Gibson

Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike

Lady Harriet Cumnor

Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes

Cynthia Kirkpatrick

Iain Glen

Iain Glen

Mr. Preston

Barbara Flynn

Barbara Flynn

Miss Browning

Anthony Howell

Anthony Howell

Roger Hamley

Francesca Annis

Francesca Annis

Hyacinth Gibson

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Mr. Gibson

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Squire Hamley

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

Osborne Hamley

Deborah Findlay

Deborah Findlay

Miss Phoebe

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Mrs. Hamley

Richard Coyle

Richard Coyle

Mr. Coxe

Jemima Rooper

Jemima Rooper

Lizzie Goodenough

Anna Maguire

Anna Maguire

Young Molly

Richard Dempsey

Richard Dempsey

Mr. Bold

Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

Mrs. Goodenough

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Keywords

sibling relationshipenglandloss of loved onebased on novel or bookparent child relationshipcountry lifeshipstepmothermarriagefamily relationshipsminiseriesdoctorperiod dramagossipdeatharistocratestaterite of passagesecret marriagestepsister19th centurydarwinism