Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

1999
★★★★☆ 7.3/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 6 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 75 min/episode
Drama
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.

Seasons

Season 1
1999 • 6 Episodes
A protective Dr Gibson sends Molly away from a pupil who has confessed his love for her. At the Hamley's - Molly's new residence - she falls for the eldest son, Osborne, and then trouble erupts. Molly also has to come to terms with her father's plans to remarry.

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

Crew

Director
Nicholas Renton
Writer
Andrew Davies
Producer
Jane Tranter, Sue Birtwistle, Rebecca Eaton

Network

BBC One

Production

GBH, Dune Films, BBC

Keywords

sibling relationshipenglandloss of loved onebased on novel or bookparent child relationshipcountry lifeshipstepmothermarriagefamily relationships