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Wives and Daughters (1999)

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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.

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Wives and Daughters Cast and Characters - Full Details

Justine Waddell Justine Waddell as Molly Gibson
Rosamund Pike Rosamund Pike as Lady Harriet Cumnor
Keeley Hawes Keeley Hawes as Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Iain Glen Iain Glen as Mr. Preston
Barbara Flynn Barbara Flynn as Miss Browning
Anthony Howell Anthony Howell as Roger Hamley

Keywords

sibling relationshipenglandloss of loved onebased on novel or bookparent child relationshipcountry lifeshipstepmothermarriagefamily relationshipsminiseriesdoctorperiod dramagossipdeatharistocratestaterite of passagesecret marriagestepsister19th centurydarwinism

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