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Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters

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Wives and Daughters

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Wives and Daughters

·1999·6 episodes

Summary

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 (Justine Waddell), 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 (Francesca Annis) and flirtatious stepsister, Cynthia (Keeley Hawes), while a friendship with the local squire brings about an unexpected romance.

Crew

Status:

Ended

Original Language:

English

Type:

Miniseries

Networks:

BBC One

Keywords

sibling relationship
england
loss of loved one
based on novel or book
parent child relationship
country life
ship
stepmother
marriage
family relationships
miniseries
doctor
period drama
gossip
death
aristocrat
estate
rite of passage
secret marriage
stepsister
19th century
darwinism