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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall poster
Directed by
Mike Barker
Genre
period drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mysterious woman named Helen Graham arrives at a remote estate with her young son, keeping her past a secret. She catches the eye of a local farmer, but her abusive husband and a dark history threaten to surface.

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What happens

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a 1996 British television serial adaptation of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Mike Barker. The serial stars Tara Fitzgerald as Helen Graham, Rupert Graves as her abusive husband Arthur Huntington and Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham. The first two parts aired in the United Kingdom on 17 November 1996, and the third on 24 November. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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