Sophia and Constance

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Sophia and Constance is a British drama television series that originally aired on the BBC in six episodes from 13 April to 18 May 1988.[1] It was an adaptation of the 1908 novel The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett, which follows the lives of two sisters through the Victorian era.

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Alfred Burke (Mr Critchlow), Lynsey Beauchamp (Constance as a young woman) episodes 2, 3 and 5, Nigel Bradshaw (Samuel Povey) episodes 1, 2, 3 and 5, Katy Behean (Sophia as a young woman) episodes 2 to 4, Freda Dowie (Miss Insull), Patricia Routledge (Mrs Baines) episodes 1 to 3, Phyllis Calvert (Constance as an old woman) episode 6, Helen Cherry (Sophia as an old woman) episode 6, Beryl Reid (Madame Foucault) episode 4, Philip Childs (Cyril Povey)

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