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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, 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 0 (1999)2
Season 1 (1999)6
Keywords
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
Casts

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

Deborah Findlay
Miss Phoebe

Penelope Wilton
Mrs. Hamley

Richard Coyle
Mr. Coxe

Jemima Rooper
Lizzie Goodenough

Anna Maguire
Young Molly

Richard Dempsey
Mr. Bold

Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs. Goodenough
Crews
Nicholas Renton
Director
Janey Fothergill
Casting
Elizabeth Gaskell
Novel
Rowena Wilkinson
Foley Artist
Ian Wilkinson
Sound Editor
Wayne Brooks
Foley Editor
Peter Brill
Sound Recordist
Demelza Rogers
Makeup Artist
Lisa Westcott
Makeup Designer
Lesley Smith
Makeup Artist
Sarah Grispo
Makeup & Hair
Karen Edwards
Makeup Artist
Deirdre Clancy
Costume Design
Caroline Smith
Set Decoration
Mark Kebby
Art Direction

John Collins
Art Direction
Gerry Scott
Production Design
Kevin Lester
Editor
Fred Tammes
Director of Photography
John E. Keane
Original Music Composer

Jane Tranter
Executive Producer
Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Producer

Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer
Sue Birtwistle
Producer

Andrew Davies
Writer
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