| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; NTSC. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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From the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. |
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Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1999. |
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Date on some discs reads c2008. These discs labeled Disc 5, disc 6, disc 7 (part of the set The Elizabeth Gaskell collection). |
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Special features: [Disc 3 (disc 7)]: 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. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Fathers and daughters -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children of physicians -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Young women -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Stepfamilies -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Social classes -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre |
Television mini-series.
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Melodrama.
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Television adaptations.
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Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Birtwistle, Sue.
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Davies, Andrew, 1936-
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Renton, Nicholas.
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Annis, Francesca, 1945-
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Carmichael, Ian, 1920-2010.
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Findlay, Deborah.
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Flynn, Barbara, 1948-
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Glen, Iain, 1961-
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Hawes, Keeley, 1976-
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Hollander, Tom, 1967-
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Howell, Anthony, 1971-
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Leigh-Hunt, Barbara.
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Paterson, Bill, 1945-
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Waddell, Justine.
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Wilton, Penelope, 1946-
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Gambon, Michael.
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
Wives and daughters.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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2 Entertain Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and daughters |
| ISBN |
1419838180 |
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9781419838187 |
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0790758679 |
| Standard No. |
883929514700 |
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794051267627 |
| Music No. |
E2676 BBC Video (set) |
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E1551 BBC Video (discs) |
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2000002865-2000002867 BBC Video (discs) |
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