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Wives and Daughters - Season 1

Wives and Daughters is a classic 1971 BBC television mini-series adapted from Elizabeth Gaskell's 1864 Victorian novel. Directed by Hugh David and written by Michael Voysey, the period drama follows the coming-of-age story of Molly Gibson and the social and romantic complexities that ensue when her father remarries

Top Cast

  • Zhivila Roche

    Zhivila Roche

    Molly Gibson

  • Alan MacNaughtan

    Alan MacNaughtan

    Dr. Gibson

  • Helen Christie

    Helen Christie

    Clare Kirkpatrick

  • Clive Morton

    Clive Morton

    Squire Hamley

  • Sheila Fay

    Sheila Fay

    Dorothy Browning

  • Gabrielle Hamilton

    Gabrielle Hamilton

    Phoebe Browning

  • Stephan Chase

    Stephan Chase

    Osborne Hamley

  • Caroline Blakiston

    Caroline Blakiston

    Lady Harriet

  • Roland Culver

    Roland Culver

    Lord Cumnor

Overview

Wives and Daughters is a classic 1971 BBC television mini-series adapted from Elizabeth Gaskell's 1864 Victorian novel. Directed by Hugh David and written by Michael Voysey, the period drama follows the coming-of-age story of Molly Gibson and the social and romantic complexities that ensue when her father remarries

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