Middlemarch

– A BBC dramatization of George Eliot's classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people l..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
7.60 / 10
Duration:
6 Hours and 15 Minutes
Release Year:
1994
Middlemarch (1994)

A BBC dramatization of George Eliot's classic novel about the lives and loves of a group of people living on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution in a small town named Middlemarch. These include young Doctor Lydgate, who arrives at Middlemarch hospital full of idealism and determined to do good works; Dorothea Brooke, who becomes attracted to the scholarly Edward Casaubon and then finds herself trapped in an ill-fated marriage; and Will Ladislaw, a young lad who awakens Dorothea's repressed passion and thereby changes the course of her life.

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USA, UK
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Release Date:

12 Jan 1994

Language:

English

Main Actors:

Juliet Aubrey, Douglas Hodge, Robert Hardy, Peter Jeffrey

Plot:

This Masterpiece Theatre production, set at the cusp of the Industrial Revolution, chronicles the life, loves, foibles and politics of the fictional English town of Middlemarch. Adapted from the George Eliot classic of the same name, the plot centers on the socially conscious, but naive Dorothea Brooke, whose disastrous match to the pedantic Rev. Edward Casaubon sets in motion a chain of events that will change the face of Middlemarch forever. The efforts of the dashing young physician, Tertius Lydgate, to modernize the medical practices at the new hospital causes quite a stir, both in the political power structure, headed by the evil Mr. Nicholas Bulstrode, and the heart of sweet Rosamund Vincey, the town beauty. Smaller plots interweave the action and lead to reconciliation, resignation, remuneration and resolution.

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.6/10