Middlemarch
1994 · BBC Two · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Episode 6
Mon, 16 May, 5:00 am
The Lydgates' marriage grows increasingly bitter with the prospect of bankruptcy. The return of Raffles sets off a train of events which change the lives of everyone.
About
Middlemarch was a 1994 television adaptation of the 1871 novel of the same name by George Eliot & was produced by the BBC in seven episodes.
Dorothea Brooke attempts to satisfy her underdeveloped intellect through marriage to the Reverend Edward Casaubon, a man twice her age. The marriage proves unsatisfying and ends with Casaubon's unexpected death. Dorothea eventually meets Will Ladislaw, an event which leads to further complications.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Mon, 11 Apr· 60 minDr Tertius Lydgate is put in charge of the fever hospital in Middlemarch. Dorothea Brooke marries ageing scholar Edward Casaubon and they honeymoon in Rome.
- E02
Episode 2
Mon, 18 Apr· 60 minDorothea is having an uneasy honeymoon in Rome, when Casaubon's restless young cousin Will Ladislaw calls on them. Dr Lydgate discovers he has enemies.
- E03
Episode 3
Mon, 25 Apr· 60 minFred Vincy is anxious to know to whom Featherstone will leave his fortune. Casaubon is furious when Ladislaw visits Dorothea. Lydgate and Rosamond's wedding goes ahead.
- E04
Episode 4
Mon, 2 May· 60 minDorothea is now a widow, but she vows never to finish Casaubon's book because of the vindictive codicil to his will. Will Ladislaw is out of a job.
- E05
Episode 5
Mon, 9 May· 60 minLadislaw vows to quit Middlemarch for good once he learns the terms of Casaubon's will. Lydgate's financial problems worsen. Fred declares his love for Mary Garth.
- E06
Episode 6
Mon, 16 May· 60 minThe Lydgates' marriage grows increasingly bitter with the prospect of bankruptcy. The return of Raffles sets off a train of events which change the lives of everyone.
Cast
Juliet Aubrey
Dorothea Brooke
Douglas Hodge
Dr. Tertius Lydgate
Robert Hardy
Arthur Brooke
Peter Jeffrey
Bulstrode
Trevyn McDowell
Rosamond Vincy
Rufus Sewell
Will Ladislaw
Jonathan Firth
Fred Vincy
