Lindsay Duncan
as Anna Bouverie
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The Rector's Wife
1994
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9.0
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Drama
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65m
GB
• English
Director: Giles Foster
Writers: Hugh Whitemore
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.
Cast
Episodes
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Episode 1
E1 65mWhen 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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Episode 2
E2 65mAnna'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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Episode 3
E3 65mAnna 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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Episode 4
E4 65mTragedy strikes after Patrick's housekeeper Ella tells Peter that Anna is having an affair with Patrick.
