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Wives and Daughters
1999 · 1 season, 4 episodes · 75m episodes · Drama · BBC One · United Kingdom · Rated U (GB)
The life of doctor's daughter Molly Gibson changes gradually 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.
Created by
Andrew DaviesBased on the novel by
Elizabeth Gaskell7.1Smart score
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19th centuryaristocratbased on novel or bookcountry lifedarwinismdeathdoctorenglandestatefamily relationshipsgossiploss of loved onemarriageminiseriesparent child relationshipperiod dramarite of passagesecret marriageshipsibling relationshipstepmotherstepsister
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