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Wives and daughters / a BBC/WGBH co-production ; produced by Sue Birtwistle ; adapted by Andrew Davies ; directed by Nicholas Renton.

[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]

3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, this story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country doctor. The well-ordered world of Molly's childhood is soon to be complicated by new people and unexpected situations. Most devastating is her father's decision to remarry after many years of widowhood. Molly's faltering efforts to cope gracefully with an impossible stepmother, a beguiling stepsister, burdensome secrets and burgeoning romance ring as true today as when Elizabeth Gaskell wrote the novel in 1865.

Not rated.

The Elizabeth Gaskell collection ; disc 5-7

Elizabeth Gaskell collection ; disc 5-7.

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 -- Film adaptations.

Fathers and daughters -- England -- Drama.

Children of physicians -- England -- Drama.

Young women -- England -- Drama.

Stepfamilies -- England -- Drama.

Social classes -- England -- Drama.

England -- Drama.

Television mini-series.

Television adaptations.

Television programs for the hearing impaired.

Television series.

Birtwistle, Sue, television producer.

Davies, Andrew, 1936- screenwriter.

Renton, Nicholas, television director.

Annis, Francesca, 1945- actor.

Carmichael, Ian, 1920-2010, actor.

Findlay, Deborah, actor.

Flynn, Barbara, 1948- actor.

Glen, Iain, 1961- actor.

Hawes, Keeley, 1977- actor.

Hollander, Tom, 1967- actor.

Howell, Anthony, 1971- actor.

Leigh-Hunt, Barbara, actor.

Paterson, Bill, 1945- actor.

Waddell, Justine, actor.

Wilton, Penelope, 1946- actor.

Gambon, Michael, actor.

Television adaptation of (work): Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. Wives and daughters.

British Broadcasting Corporation.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

BBC Video (Firm)

2 Entertain Video (Firm)

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and daughters

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1999.

Special features: [Disc 3]: 20-minute documentary "The making of 'Wives and daughters'"; 55-minute portrait "Who the dickens is Mrs. Gaskell?"; Who's who: a guide to the stars.

Producer, Sue Birtwistle ; adapted by Andrew Davies ; director, Nicholas Renton.

Francesca Annis, Ian Carmichael, Deborah Findlay, Barbara Flynn, Iain Glen, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hollander, Anthony Howell, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bill Paterson, Justine Waddell, Penelope Wilton, Michael Gambon.

DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; NTSC; region 1.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned.

v. 1: Part 1 ; Special features -- V. 2: Part 2.

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