Nicholas Renton
Director
Wives and Daughters (1999)
Season 1
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.
Released Nov. 28, 1999
Episode 75 min
None+
Genres: Drama
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Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Dune Films, BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode 1
A protective Dr Gibson sends Molly away from a pupil who has confessed his love for her. At the Hamley's - Molly's new residence - she falls for the eldest son, Osborne, and then trouble erupts. Molly also has to come to terms with her father's plans to remarry.
Nov. 28, 1999, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Osborne's banishment from Hamley Hall triggers Mrs Hamley's terminal decline.
Dec. 5, 1999, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Horrified that his secret is out, Osborne swears Molly to secrecy. While Roger urges Osborne to tell their father the truth. After the Easter Charity Ball, Cynthia falls into a decline.
Dec. 12, 1999, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
Molly's affections for Roger deepen and she probes him about his feelings for Cynthia.
Dec. 19, 1999, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Cynthia and Preston have a bitter row and Molly promises to help her escape from him.
S1E6 - Episode 6
Gibson house is in shock following Osborne's death. Can Molly still win Roger's heart?
BBC One
75 min/ep
450 min
Nov. 28, 1999
Dec. 19, 1999, midnight
Ended
NR
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