Wives and daughters / a BBC/WGBH co-production ; produced by Sue Birtwistle ; adapted by Andrew Davies ; directed by Nicholas Renton.

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Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, this story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country doctor. The well-ordered world of Molly's childhood is soon to be complicated by new people and unexpected situatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
BBC Video (Firm)
2 Entertain Video (Firm)
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Birtwistle, Sue
Davies, Andrew, 1936-
Renton, Nicholas
Annis, Francesca, 1945-
Carmichael, Ian, 1920-2010
Findlay, Deborah
Flynn, Barbara, 1948-
Glen, Iain, 1961-
Hawes, Keeley, 1976-
Hollander, Tom, 1967-
Howell, Anthony, 1971-
Leigh-Hunt, Barbara
Paterson, Bill, 1945-
Waddell, Justine
Wilton, Penelope, 1946-
Gambon, Michael
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Burbank, CA : BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Fathers and daughters > England > Drama.
Children of physicians > England > Drama.
Young women > England > Drama.
Stepfamilies > England > Drama.
Social classes > England > Drama.
England > Drama.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, > 1810-1865 > Film adaptations.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, > 1810-1865.
Children of physicians.
Fathers and daughters.
Social classes.
Stepfamilies.
Young women.
England.
Television series.
Melodrama.
Melodrama > Television mini-series.
Adaptation > Television mini-series.
Family > Television mini-series.
Television mini-series.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Television series.
Melodrama.
Melodrama
Adaptation
Family
Television mini-series.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and daughters.
Format: Video DVD

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