Lit Lover: Reasons why it might be

Late-ish last night and not so early this morning, I decided that I was on a mission. I wanted to find the source of whatever 18th or 19th century television kiss had moved me as a young teenager in the early 1990s.

This was all I could remember:

The setting was outdoors, probably in the English countryside.
When they kissed, the heroine wept expressively.
She wore white.
An older (white-haired?) man introduced the show.

To make matters more confusing, I thought it was possible that the man could have been either Alistair Cooke or Russell Baker.

http://www.afterellen.com/tv/27352-gillian-anderson-prepares-for-her-masterpiece

Because of the confusion, I went a bit off course (which was kinda fun.)

I got to this:

"'I would prefer it if you didn't eat on the train,' says the Mother Superior as she sends Anna off into the world, as though perdition lay in British Rail sandwiches (she might have a point there, I suppose). Earlier, Anna and an older nun talk briefly about the redundant pain of celibate menstruation, a short, unspectacular scene which still brought home the nagging persistence of the body in its old ways. Anna's emergence into the world was nicely done too, the ubiquity of sex (on posters and magazines) seen through fresh eyes."
~ A wimple not a bang: Thomas Sutcliffe reviews Body and Soul

That sounded interesting, but I really had gotten too off track. Back to the heroine and her expressive kiss!

I went back to 1992.

Finally, finally, I thought I had it narrowed down to a candidate.
ADAM BEDE.

Susannah Harker Adam Bede search

Unfortunately, I cannot find a clip of a kiss. Instead, there is this, which features several sad male characters and one even sadder dairymaid (who hooked-up with Charles Wilcox pre-incarnated, and I see what she got for her troubles) :

There is also this (Can't hear! Too-loud male voice dub over!) Still no kissing. But she does Bible and floor scrubbing activities.

Anyways...