The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 5

Based on The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Tulliver has through his lost lawsuit reduced his family to poverty. Deane has promised to try and help by finding work for Tom.

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The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 1

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 1

1978 | 25'40''

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

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 2

1979 | 24'38''

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

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 3

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 3

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 | 26'54''

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 | 27'22''

Tulliver has through his lost lawsuit reduced his family to poverty. Deane has promised to try and help by finding work for Tom.

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 6

The Mill on the Floss (1979) | Episode 6

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.
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Omnibus | The Confessions of Marian Evans: A Portrait of George Eliot

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Silas Marner | BBC Radio 4 | 2010

In Our Time | Silas Marner

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