Ended
IMDb
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
Backdrops & Posters
