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Wives and Daughters

IMDb 7.3 1999 β€’ 75 min β€’ Drama

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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.

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