

The Rector's Wife
1994-03-04 · 65 min / episode · ★ 9.0
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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Lindsay DuncanAnna Bouverie
Jonathan CoyPeter Bouverie
Miles AndersonPatrick O'Sullivan
Simon FentonLuke Bouverie
Ronald PickupDaniel Byrne
Gabrielle LloydIsobel Thomson
Stephen DillaneJonathan Byrne
Prunella ScalesMarjorie Richardson
Pam FerrisEleanor Ramsay
Orla BradySister Josephine
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