Wives and Daughters
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.
Last Episode Date: 1999-12-19
Drama
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Official website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/wives/index.html
Casts
Justine Waddell
as Molly Gibson
Rosamund Pike
as Lady Harriet Cumnor
Keeley Hawes
as Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Iain Glen
as Mr. Preston
Barbara Flynn
as Miss Browning
Anthony Howell
as Roger Hamley
Francesca Annis
as Hyacinth Gibson
Bill Paterson
as Mr. Gibson
Michael Gambon
as Squire Hamley
Tom Hollander
as Osborne Hamley
