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Wives and Daughters

1971 · 1 season

A gentle, talky Victorian costume drama that unfolds at a stately pace, rewarding patience with quiet emotional payoffs.

Created by
Hugh David
Genres
Drama
Overview
Wives and Daughters is a classic 1971 BBC television mini-series adapted from Elizabeth Gaskell's 1864 Victorian novel. Directed by Hugh David and written by Michael Voysey, the period drama follows the coming-of-age story of Molly Gibson and the social and romantic complexities that ensue when her father remarries

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Created by
Hugh David
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • love
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Created by
Hugh David
Written by
Michael Voysey
Starring
Zhivila Roche, Alan MacNaughtan, Helen Christie, Clive Morton, Sheila Fay, Gabrielle Hamilton, Stephan Chase, Caroline Blakiston
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom

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