Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters (1999)


  • Genre: Drama
  • First Air Date: 1999-11-28
  • Last Air Date: 1999-12-19
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 6
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 75 min.
  • Production Company: GBH
  • Networks: BBC One
  • Director: Nicholas Renton
star 7.3/10
From 36 Ratings

Summary

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.

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Wives and Daughters Seasons

Season 0

First Air Date: 1999-12-13
2 Episodes

Season 1

First Air Date: 1999-11-28
6 Episodes

Wives and Daughters Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Episode 175 min
Season 1Episode 2Episode 280 min
Season 1Episode 3Episode 375 min
Season 1Episode 4Episode 480 min

  • Justine Waddell

    as Molly Gibson

  • Rosamund Pike

    as Lady Harriet Cumnor

  • Keeley Hawes

    as Cynthia Kirkpatrick

  • Iain Glen

    as Mr. Preston

  • Barbara Flynn

    as Miss Browning

  • Anthony Howell

    as Roger Hamley

  • Francesca Annis

    as Hyacinth Gibson

  • Bill Paterson

    as Mr. Gibson

  • Michael Gambon

    as Squire Hamley

  • Tom Hollander

    as Osborne Hamley

  • Deborah Findlay

    as Miss Phoebe

  • Penelope Wilton

    as Mrs. Hamley

  • Richard Coyle

    as Mr. Coxe

  • Jemima Rooper

    as Lizzie Goodenough

  • Anna Maguire

    as Young Molly

  • Richard Dempsey

    as Mr. Bold

  • Elizabeth Spriggs

    as Mrs. Goodenough
Directing Nicholas Renton Director
Production Janey Fothergill Casting
Costume & Make-Up Lisa Westcott Makeup Designer
Costume & Make-Up Lesley Smith Makeup Artist
Sound Peter Brill Sound Recordist
Costume & Make-Up Demelza Rogers Makeup Artist
Art Mark Kebby Art Direction
Sound Wayne Brooks Foley Editor
Costume & Make-Up Deirdre Clancy Costume Design
Sound Ian Wilkinson Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Karen Edwards Makeup Artist
Sound Rowena Wilkinson Foley Artist
Camera Fred Tammes Director of Photography
Writing Elizabeth Gaskell Novel
Costume & Make-Up Sarah Grispo Makeup & Hair
Art Gerry Scott Production Design
Editing Kevin Lester Editor
Sound John E. Keane Original Music Composer
Art Caroline Smith Set Decoration
Art John Collins Art Direction
Production Jane Tranter Executive Producer
Production Sue Birtwistle Producer
Production Rebecca Eaton Executive Producer
Production Rupert Ryle-Hodges Producer
Writing Andrew Davies Writer

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