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Wives and Daughters: Part 1: The Widower

BBC One
on BBC One London

by Mrs Gaskell
Dramatised in six parts by Michael Voysey

Wives and Daughters is set in England in the middle of the 19th century. Hollingford is the centre of a rural community which has yet to experience the impact of the Industrial Revolution.

Contributors

Author:
Mrs Gaskell [Elizabeth Gaskell]
Dramatised by:
Michael Voysey
Producer:
Martin Lisemore
Director:
Hugh David
Molly Gibson:
Zhivila Roche
Mr Coxe:
Dick Haydon
Mr Wynne:
David Grayson
Mrs Hamley:
Margaret Rawlings
Dr Gibson:
Alan MacNaughtan
Squire Hamley:
Clive Morton
Miss Eyre:
Daphne Goddard
Bethia:
Gillian Hayes
Clare:
Helen Christie
Lady Harriet:
Caroline Blakiston
Lady Cumnor:
Sonia Dresdel
Mrs Bradley:
Olive Mercer
Lord Cumnor:
Roland Culver
Miss Dorothy Browning:
Sheila Fay
Miss Phoebe Browning:
Gabrielle Hamilton
Jenny:
Freda Bamford
Nancy:
Judith Pollard
Source: Radio Times

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