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📊 Series Specifications
Network Channel 4
Episode Runtime ~51 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 4
Original Language EN
Creator Hugh Whitemore
The Rector's Wife (1994)
Created by Hugh Whitemore
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
Clergyman's wife Anna Bouverie 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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Miniseries)
4 Episodes E1 Part 1
Anna Bouverie's husband fails to get promotion to archdeacon. After twenty years of putting husband, God and parish first, Anna decides to take positive action.
E2 Part 2
Anna'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.
E3 Part 3
As Anna gets closer to Jonathan, 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.
E4 Part 4
After listening to Ella's theories about Anna and Patrick, Peter leaves but fatally crashes into a bus. At the funeral, Anna, besieged with offers of help, decides to grab this opportunity for independence.