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The Rector's Wife

The Rector's Wife

9,0 /10 (2 Votes)
1994 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

Three-part dramatization of the novel by Joanna Trollope. A clergyman's wife shocks the church establishment and infuriates her husband by taking a job in a supermarket. She attracts the passionate interest of three very different men: a newly-appointed archdeacon; his younger brother, a philosopher and academic; and a wealthy businessman new to the village.

First air date

04/03/1994

Votes

2

Popularity

1.8

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Language

EN

Last air date

1994-03-25

Episodes

4

Episode runtime

65 min

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Miniseries

4 episodes • 1994

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2020-08-29

⭐ 8

I was surprised by this series, considering how long ago it was made, and also surprised I hadn't watched it when it ran on PBS. I haven't read the book, so I can't make comparisons. I am not one who insists movies sticks to the source material Anyway, as long as it is done well and doesn't sully the original. There are mature issues raised by the plot, requiring careful and expansive thought, which is perhaps why some reviews on other websites trash it Just by using sound bites. One reviewer even said it was feminist propaganda, and anyone who has studied feminism would know that they rec…

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