Esther Waters (1964)
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 4 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In Victorian England, a young woman is left by her lover when she becomes pregnant. She decides to raise her child on her own despite the social shame attached to unwed mothers.
periodgrittysomberearnestslow-burnsocially consciousmelancholicrelentless
What happens
Esther Waters is a British period television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in four episodes from 14 November to 5 December 1964. It is an adaptation of the 1894 novel of the same title by George Moore. Like the novel it focuses on the struggle of Esther Waters who, in Victorian England, is abandoned by her lover when pregnant. Despite the social stigma of being a fallen woman she chooses to raise the child as a single mother. The novel had previously been made into a 1948 film Esther Waters. A further television adaptation Esther Waters followed in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Mary Barton (1964)
Ann Veronica (1964)
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1964)
Esther Waters
North & South (2004)
North & South (1975)
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Sophia and Constance (1988)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.