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
Description
Summary:
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 situations. Most devastating is her father's decision to remarry after many years of widowhood. Molly's faltering efforts to cope gracefully with an impossible stepmother, a beguiling stepsister, burdensome secrets and burgeoning romance ring as true today as when Elizabeth Gaskell wrote the novel in 1865.
Note:From the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1999.
Special features: [Disc 3]: 20-minute documentary "The making of 'Wives and daughters'"; 55-minute portrait "Who the dickens is Mrs. Gaskell?"; Who's who: a guide to the stars.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CO2 D0070513 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:1419838180
9781419838187
Credits:Producer, Sue Birtwistle ; adapted by Andrew Davies ; director, Nicholas Renton.
System Details:DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; NTSC.
Cast:
Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Deborah Findlay, Barbara Flynn, Iain Glen, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hollander, Anthony Howell, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bill Paterson, Justine Waddell, Penelope Wilton, Michael Gambon.