The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 2

Duration: 24'39''

Synopsis

Maggie, in a tantrum, has cut her hair off. Tulliver quarrelled with aunt Glegg.

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The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 1

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 1

1978 | 25'41''

Eight part adaptation of the novel by George Eliot. Maggie Tulliver (Georgia Slowe) the miller's daughter, defies her embittered bro...

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 2

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1979 | 24'39''

Maggie, in a tantrum, has cut her hair off. Tulliver quarrelled with aunt Glegg.

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 3

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1979 | 25'43''

Tulliver has failed to solve his financial problems. Maggie has decided not to stay with the gipsies.

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 4

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 4

1979 | 26'55''

Tulliver has lost his lawsuit against Wakem and been ordered to pay costs. No longer been able to afford Tom's school fees, he has h...

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 5

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 5

1979 | 27'23''

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The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 6

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1979 | 25'45''

Tom has told Maggie that she must stop seeing Wakem or he will never speak to her again.

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 7

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 7

1979 | 27'39''

Tulliver is dead and his wife and family have left the mill.

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 8

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 8

1979 | 27'20''

On a rowing trip on the river, Maggie is dismayed when Stephen creates the situation in which it looks as if they are eloping.
Other Archive resources
The Mill on the Floss | BBC One | 1997

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Silas Marner | BBC One | 1985

Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe (1985)

Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter and Patrick Ryecart star in dramatisation of George Eliot's novel about a lonely weaver whose life changes when a young child appears.