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The Rector's Wife

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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.

Mar 4, 19941 seasons4 episodesEndedEN

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Lindsay Duncan

Anna Bouverie

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Jonathan Coy

Peter Bouverie

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Miles Anderson

Patrick O'Sullivan

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Simon Fenton

Luke Bouverie

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Ronald Pickup

Daniel Byrne

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Gabrielle Lloyd

Isobel Thomson

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Stephen Dillane

Jonathan Byrne

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Prunella Scales

Marjorie Richardson

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Pam Ferris

Eleanor Ramsay

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Orla Brady

Sister Josephine

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Mary Roscoe

Fergus's Wife

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Seasons

Miniseries

4 episodes

Premiered Mar 4, 1994

Episodes

1–4 of 4

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Mar 4, 1994

65m

When Peter misses out on promotion to Archdeacon, Anna takes a job at the supermarket to earn enough to send Flora to private school, which Peter sees as an act of rebellion against him and the church.

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Ep 2

Episode 2

Mar 11, 1994

65m

Anna's wealthy new neighbour, Patrick, offers her son Luke a job. The village ladies show their disapproval of Anna's job, and Anna finds herself attracted to the Archdeacon's brother, Jonathan.

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Ep 3

Episode 3

Mar 18, 1994

65m

Anna gets closer to Jonathan, while Luke thinks she's having an affair with Patrick. When Peter finds out that Flora has a free place at St Saviours he tells the supermarket that Anna will be leaving.

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Ep 4