The Rector's Wife
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.
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S1 E4 • 3/25/1994
Episode 4
Tragedy strikes after Patrick's housekeeper Ella tells Peter that Anna is having an affair with Patrick.
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Lindsay Duncan
Anna Bouverie
Jonathan Coy
Peter Bouverie
Miles Anderson
Patrick O'Sullivan
Simon Fenton
Luke Bouverie
Rynagh O'Grady
Ella Pringle
Ronald Pickup
Daniel Byrne
Gabrielle Lloyd
Isobel Thomson
Stephen Dillane
Jonathan Byrne
Prunella Scales
Marjorie Richardson
Pam Ferris
Eleanor Ramsay
Orla Brady
Sister Josephine
Mary Roscoe
Fergus's Wife
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See all on TMDBI 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,…