The Rector's Wife

The Rector's Wife is a British mini-series which aired on Channel 4. The series premiered on March 4, 1994.

Anna Bouverie chafes at her limited life as a vicar's wife in a small British town. When her husband Peter is passed over for a promotion and her daughter is bullied at school, Anna gets a job at a supermarket in another town--a small act of independence that sets off gossip, domestic fights, and worse. When Anna meets another man who seems to understand her frustrations, she stumbles into an affair.