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1999 Certificate U
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The BBC presents Elizabeth Gaskell's timeless tale of romance in 19th-century England. WIVES AND DAUGHTERS is the humorous and often heart-wrenching story of two single women, one sweet and one sexy, searching for love and finding nothing but trouble when the man destined for one falls for her sultry best friend instead. Return .. Read more

Starring Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Michael Gambon, Bill Paterson
Director Nicholas Renton
Genres Drama, Television

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Wives And Daughters

The BBC presents Elizabeth Gaskell's timeless tale of romance in 19th-century England. WIVES AND DAUGHTERS is the humorous and often heart-wrenching story of two single women, one sweet and one sexy, searching for love and finding nothing but trouble when the man destined for one falls for her sultry best friend instead. Return to a time when such events were the talk of the town and nothing but scandal. The production features an excellent cast that includes Justine Waddell, Keely Hawes, Bill Paterson, Francesca Annis, Michael Gambon, and Ian Carmichael.

Starring Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Michael Gambon, Bill Paterson, Penelope Wilton, Barbara Flynn, Iain Glen, Justine Waddell
Director Nicholas Renton
Studio BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING
Run time DVD: 5 hrs 1 min
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Drama, Television
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Dutch
Released DVD: 20 Aug 2001
Production year: 1999
Format DVD

Wives And Daughters (2 discs) (1999)

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  • 41 out of 53 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    BBC Period Drama At Its Best!!

    With 'Wives and Daughters', the BBC has once again proved that their period drama productions are unsurpassable.

    The story centres around Molly, a young, relatively simple country girl, the only daughter of a doctor. She has an incredibly close relationship with her father, her mother having died many years previously, and is contented with her lot in life. She is on intimate terms with the local squire's family and is in love with the younger son, Roger.

    Her father decides to marry the former governess of an aristocratic family, who has ideas somewhat above her station and proves to be a rather difficult woman to live with. Molly tries her best to like her new stepmother but does not always succeed. Molly, however, becomes fast friends with her new stepsister, Cynthia, who is a beautiful, worldly girl who knows her power over men and chooses to exercise it indiscriminately. This causes no end of problems, especially when Roger falls for Cynthia....

    A beautifully enacted production, great acting, beautiful locations and a wonderful story, I would highly recommend this to anyone!!

      • tiffany from Preston
      • Posted 23 Oct 2007 20:42

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Pure entertainment!

    Wives and Daughters is a great period drama and a delight to watch and never becomes dull, making it fun and interesting to watch.

      • Terry5 from Powys
      • Posted 05 Apr 2005 16:35

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