Third in a four-part period drama, based on Elizabeth Gaskell 's final novel and dramatised by Andrew Davies.
Cynthia has a dangerous secret, and when Molly is drawn into this mystery she too is put at risk. See Choice.
Producer Sue Birtwistle; Director Nicholas Renton
Repeated next Saturday on BBC2 (S) (W) Andrew Duncan interviews Michael Gambon : page 8 Polly Toynbee on Mrs Gaskell : page 18