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Wives and Daughters(1999)
73%
37 Votes
Overview
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.
Type: Miniseries
Status: Ended
Languages: English
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Dune Films
Top 10 Billed Cast
Justine Waddell
Molly Gibson
Rosamund Pike
Lady Harriet Cumnor
Keeley Hawes
Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Iain Glen
Mr. Preston
Barbara Flynn
Miss Browning
Anthony Howell
Roger Hamley
Francesca Annis
Hyacinth Gibson
Bill Paterson
Mr. Gibson
Michael Gambon
Squire Hamley
Tom Hollander
Osborne Hamley
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