Wives and daughters

Birtwistle, Sue (Added Author). Davies, Andrew, 1936- (Added Author). Renton, Nicholas (Added Author). Annis, Francesca, 1945- (Added Author). Carmichael, Ian, 1920-2010 (Added Author). Findlay, Deborah (Added Author). Flynn, Barbara, 1948- (Added Author). Glen, Iain, 1961- (Added Author). Hawes, Keeley, 1976- (Added Author). Hollander, Tom, 1967- (Added Author). Howell, Anthony, 1971- (Added Author). Leigh-Hunt, Barbara (Added Author). Paterson, Bill, 1945- (Added Author). Waddell, Justine (Added Author). Wilton, Penelope, 1946- (Added Author). Gambon, Michael (Added Author). Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865 Wives and daughters. (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). BBC Video (Firm) (Added Author). 2 Entertain Video (Firm) (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). 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. (Cast).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 1419838180
ISBN: 9781419838187
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
3 videodiscs (ca. 300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [S.l.] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2006.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from container. From the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. 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.
Participant or Performer Note:	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.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; NTSC.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865 Television adaptations
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865 Film adaptations
Fathers and daughters England Drama
Children of physicians England Drama
Young women England Drama
Stepfamilies England Drama
Social classes England Drama

Genre:

Melodrama -- Television mini-series.
Adaptation -- Television mini-series.
Family -- Television mini-series.
Television serials.
Melodrama.

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