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Middlemarch

19th century Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of change. In the provincial town of Middlemarch, the progressive Dorothea Brooke desperately seeks intellectual fulfillment in a male-dominated society and is driven into an unhappy marriage to the elderly scholar Casaubon. No sooner do they embark on their honeymoon than she meets and develops an instant connection with Casaubon's young cousin, Will Ladislaw. When idealistic Doctor Lydgate arrives, his new methods of medicine sweep him into the battle between conservatives and liberals in town. He quickly becomes enamored of the beautiful, privileged Rosamond Vincy, a woman whose troubles seem bound to destroy him.

1994 |1 Season  | 60m |  Drama, Comedy

Cast

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Rufus Sewell

Will Ladislaw

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Juliet Aubrey

Dorothea Brooke

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Peter Jeffrey

Bulstrode

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Douglas Hodge

Dr. Tertius Lydgate

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Robert Hardy

Arthur Brooke

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Patrick Malahide

Rev. Edward Casaubon

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Jonathan Firth

Fred Vincy

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Julian Wadham

Sir James Chettam

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Colum Convey

Mr. Hawley

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Simon Chandler

Rev. Farebrother

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Rosemary Martin

Mrs. Bulstrode

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Stephen Moore

Mayor Vincy

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Caroline Harker

Celia Brooke

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Clive Russell

Caleb Garth

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Ronald Hines

Mr. Standish

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Elizabeth Spriggs

Mrs. Cadwallader

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Jacqueline Tong

Mrs. Vincy

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James Garbutt

Dr. Wrench

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Patti Love

Mrs. Plymdale

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Cheryl Fergison

Pritchard

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Roger Milner

Pratt

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Gabrielle Lloyd

Mrs. Garth

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Fred Pearson

Mr. Bambridge

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Ken Campbell

Mr Mawmsey

Seasons List

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Specials

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Miniseries

1994

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC Two