Wives and Daughters

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Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters: 8. Scandal and its Victims

Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters

8. Scandal and its Victims

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Elizabeth Gaskell - Wives and Daughters, 8. Scandal and its Victims

Adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1865 novel about 17 year old Molly Gibson.

Lady Harriet tries to redeem Molly's reputation and Cynthia has to face up to her past. With Tom Wilkinson and Angela Pleasence.

"You don't know him," said Cynthia, shaking her head. "If Mr Preston ever guessed that Roger and I were engaged, he would manage to be revenged on both him and me, by giving us as much pain as he could with those unlucky letters. They are like a mine under my feet, which may blow up any day; and down will come father and mother and all."

Lady Harriet tries to redeem Molly's reputation and Cynthia has to face up to her past.

Final novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt, Tom Wilkinson and Angela Pleasence.

Dramatised by Barry Campbell.

Molly .... Kathryn Hurlbutt
Clare .... Angela Pleasence
Mr Gibson .... Tom Wilkinson
Cynthia .... Anne-Louise Lambert
Mr Preston .... Brett Usher
Osborne Hamley .... Adam Bareham
Lady Harriet .... Marian Diamond
Lady Cumnor .... Pauline Letts
Lord Cumnor ... Kerry Francis
Miss Browning .... Diana Bishop
Miss Phoebe .... Hilda Schroder
Mrs Goodenough .... Margot Boyd
Mrs Dawes ....Maggie McCarthy
Mrs Gaskell .... Thelma Whiteley

With James Bryce, Monica Grey, Madi Hedd and Eileen Tully

Music composed by Rachel Portman.

Director: Jane Morgan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983.

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Molly Gibson is the only daughter of a widowed doctor who must spend time away from him.

Molly Gibson is the only daughter of a widowed doctor who must spend time away from him. Starring Kathryn Hurlbutt and Tom Wilkinson.

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