Based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novel of the same name, Wives and Daughters is a gorgeous costume drama of love and class that becomes more rich, suspenseful and layered with each episode. The story is centered around Molly Gibson (Justine Waddell), the lively, unaffected daughter of the town doctor (Bill Paterson), who is a widower.
Their lives are turned topsy turvy when the father marries a Mrs. Bennett-like widow with a daughter of her own who's just about Molly's age but as flighty as Molly is reliable. Even though the girls are a study in contrasts they love each other, and when they fall for the same man they both, in their own way, try to do the right thing. Also starring Keeley Hawes and Tom Hollander. 3 Discs.
I really have enjoyed this mini-series.
England
