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Cranford

1972 • 9.5 • Drama • 45m

GB • English

Set in the early 1840s, this is the original BBC miniseries of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic tale of a fictional Victorian country village in which the genteel ladies of Cranford struggle to face an uncertain future with dignity and 19th Century decorum.

Cast

Gabrielle Hamilton

as Miss Matty Jenkyns

Fabia Drake

as Mrs. Jamieson

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Sarah Grazebrook

as Martha

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Hazel Bainbridge

as Betsy Barker

Helen Christie

as Mrs Forrester

Pat Coombs

as Miss Pole

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Daphne Heard

as Mrs. Fitz-Adam

Episodes

Part 1

E1 45m

In Cranford all the householders above a certain rent are women. They are the architects of the town's social image. Occasionally a man breaks into the circle, with interesting results.

Part 2

E2 45m

Miss Matty takes up again with a dear old friend and the ladies are excited to learn of the impending arrival of Lady Glenmire.

Part 3

E3 45m

Crime comes to Cranford and starts a wave of terror. Lady Glenmire shocks the ladies by her indecorous behaviour.

Part 4

E4 45m

Miss Matty is forced into a way of life that is distasteful to her. Hearts beat faster when a well-loved face, long absent from the town, suddenly reappears.