Wives and Daughters
1999-11-28
7.3
en 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.
Director
Nicholas Renton
Casting
Janey Fothergill
Novel
Elizabeth Gaskell
Foley Artist
Rowena Wilkinson
Sound Editor
Ian Wilkinson
Foley Editor
Wayne Brooks
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
Status
EndedCountries
Companies
- GBH
- Dune Films
- BBC
