Overview
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.
ProducersRupert Ryle-Hodges, Sue Birtwistle
WritersAndrew Davies
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Details
First air date1999-11-28
Last air date1999-12-19
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesGBH, Dune Films, BBC
Homepagehttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/wives/index.html
