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Release Date:
15 December 2002 (USA) more
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8 wins & 3 nominations more
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Cast

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Justine Waddell ... Molly Gibson (4 episodes, 1999)
Bill Paterson ... Mr. Gibson (4 episodes, 1999)
Francesca Annis ... Hyacinth Gibson (4 episodes, 1999)

Keeley Hawes ... Cynthia Kirkpatrick (4 episodes, 1999)

Tom Hollander ... Osborne Hamley (4 episodes, 1999)
Anthony Howell ... Roger Hamley (4 episodes, 1999)

Michael Gambon ... Squire Hamley (4 episodes, 1999)
Barbara Flynn ... Miss Browning (4 episodes, 1999)
Deborah Findlay ... Miss Phoebe (4 episodes, 1999)

Iain Glen ... Mr. Preston (4 episodes, 1999)
Peter Copley ... Robinson (4 episodes, 1999)
Barbara Leigh-Hunt ... Lady Cumnor (4 episodes, 1999)
Ian Carmichael ... Lord Cumnor (4 episodes, 1999)

Rosamund Pike ... Lady Harriet Cumnor / ... (4 episodes, 1999)
Emily McKenzie ... Maria (4 episodes, 1999)
Elizabeth Spriggs ... Mrs. Goodenough (3 episodes, 1999)
Tonia Chauvet ... Aimée (3 episodes, 1999)
Shaughan Seymour ... Lord Hollingford (3 episodes, 1999)
Georgie Glen ... Miss Hornblower (3 episodes, 1999)
Roddy Maude-Roxby ... St. Hilaire (3 episodes, 1999)
Fred Pearson ... Mr Sheepshanks / ... (3 episodes, 1999)
Jacqueline Pilton ... Mrs. Dawes (3 episodes, 1999)

Jemima Rooper ... Lizzie Goodenough (3 episodes, 1999)
Richard Coyle ... Mr. Coxe (2 episodes, 1999)
Penelope Wilton ... Mrs. Hamley (2 episodes, 1999)
Matthew Lloyd Davies ... Mr. Roscoe (2 episodes, 1999)
Keeley Flanders ... Fanny Goodenough (2 episodes, 1999)
Gordon Gostelow ... Williams (2 episodes, 1999)
Dilys Hamlett ... The Duchess (2 episodes, 1999)
Ben Illis ... Mr Wynne (2 episodes, 1999)
Dariel Pertwee ... Lady Cuxhaven (2 episodes, 1999)
Charles Simon ... Old Silas (2 episodes, 1999)
Tim Wallers ... Mr. Henderson (2 episodes, 1999)

Steven Webb ... William Goodenough (2 episodes, 1999)
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301 min (4 parts)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The dot-patterned beige muslin day dress with puffy sleeves Barbara Flynn wears at the Towers in the opening scene is the same costume Joanna David (Mrs. Gardiner) wears at the Inn at Lambton in "Pride and Prejudice" (1995), Greta Scacchi (Mrs. Weston) wears at Randalls in Emma (1996), and Georgia King (Pet Meagles) wears on the wharf in "Little Dorrit" (2008). more
Quotes:
Lord Cumnor: I'm sorry I said anything about it now. I'll try to find a more agreeable piece of news.
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Lord Cumnor: Old Marjorie at the lodge is dead.
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Bonny Breast Knot more

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29 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent, 24 April 2003
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Author: henry-girling from London, England

'Wives and Daughters' is not usually as regarded as highly as the BBC's celebrated 'Pride and Prejudice' mini-series but it is just as good in its own way. The original author Elizabeth Gaskell was a major writer of her day and can stand comparison with most novelists except perhaps for Austen and Dickens. Her work is definitely still worth reading. This particular book was unfinished but one can't fault the way Andrew Davies has rounded off the story.

The story covers Austen territory, two or three families, idiosyncratic supporting characters, love and marriage, hearth and society. All seen through the eyes of Molly Gibson. She is played splendidly by Justine Waddell who stays the centre of the film, even though surrounded by great actors like Michael Gambon, Bill Paterson, Penelope Wilton and Francesca Annis who are all perfect in their roles. The acting through out is excellent.

The characters are real people, flawed and petty and proud and anxious, but you can't help loving them. Andrew Davies wanted to put across the feeling of what it means to be alive and he does that by showing what it is like to be human. Even small scenes like the card party for the young people are rich in character and emotion. The length of the mini-series allows character development, enables one to get to know the characters. It shows ordinary life but also how rich that ordinary life is. Molly learns about people, about herself and also about the world around her, even about the little creatures who live at the bottom of ponds.

It repays watching time and again.

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