My judgment has probably been clouded by the fact that I watched this one between series two and three of 'Lark Rise to Candleford'. The basic settings and premises of both are similar, and a comparison is but inevitable. Though the storytelling and the settings have been done to perfection it can't hold a candle to the Candleford saga because it fails to tug at the heartstrings. Moreover, for an Indian viewer, sick and tired of the never ending and clichéd 'saas-bahu' (mother-in-law & daughter-in-law) sagas, the 'Wives and Daughters' (with a selfish stepmother playing the customary role of the mother-in-law) does look like a sober and mellowed down fare from the same genre.
Review of Wives and Daughters
