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Wives and Daughters

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.

1999 |1 Season  | 1h 15m |  Drama

Cast

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Justine Waddell

Molly Gibson

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Rosamund Pike

Lady Harriet Cumnor

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Keeley Hawes

Cynthia Kirkpatrick

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Iain Glen

Mr. Preston

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Barbara Flynn

Miss Browning

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Anthony Howell

Roger Hamley

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Francesca Annis

Hyacinth Gibson

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Bill Paterson

Mr. Gibson

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Michael Gambon

Squire Hamley

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Tom Hollander

Osborne Hamley

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Deborah Findlay

Miss Phoebe

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Penelope Wilton

Mrs. Hamley

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Richard Coyle

Mr. Coxe

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Jemima Rooper

Lizzie Goodenough

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Anna Maguire

Young Molly

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Richard Dempsey

Mr. Bold

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Elizabeth Spriggs

Mrs. Goodenough

Seasons List

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Specials

1999

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Season 1

1999

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC One