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Wives and Daughters

BBC One
on BBC One London

The first in a four-part period drama, based on Elizabeth Gaskell 's final novel and dramatised by Andrew Davies ,
I about two young girls' rites of passage in 1820s England and the events that shape their lives.
Producer Sue Birtwistle Director Nicholas Renton
Repeated next Saturday on BBC2 (S) (W) A new wives' tale: page 19; Programme of the week: page 85

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Gaskell
Dramatised By:
Andrew Davies
Producer:
Sue Birtwistle
Director:
Nicholas Renton
Molly:
Justine Waddell
Mr Gibson:
Bill Paterson
Mrs Kirkpatrick:
Francesca Annis
Roger Hamley:
Anthony Howell
Osbome Hamley:
Tom Hollander
Squire Hamley:
Michael Gambon
Mrs Hamley:
Penelope Wilton
Miss Browning:
Barbara Flynn
Miss Phoebe:
Deborah Findley
Lady Cumnor:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Lord Cumnor:
Ian Carmichael
Mr Preston:
Lain Glen
Lady Harriet:
Rosamund Pike
Young Molly:
Anna Maguire
Mr Cox:
Richard Coyle
Betty:
Doreen Andrew
Robinson:
Peter Copley
Cynthia:
Keeley Hawes
Source: Radio Times

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