Cranford
2007 to 2009 Drama 2 seasons
TMDB rating 8.1/10 Ended
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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In season one, talk of a new railway being built brings fears of the breakdown of law and order; and the arrival of a handsome new doctor from London causes a stir among the ladies' in the town.
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TMDB rating 7.6/10
Cranford, where everything changes and all remains the same, and Miss Matty's house is full of bustle when her maid Martha gives birth to a daughter. Elsewhere the shadow of the new railway still looms. Miss Matty is concerned about a young girl who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother. Her worries open a Pandora's box and fears that Cranford will never recover.
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TMDB rating 7.5/10
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Cast and details
Eileen AtkinsMiss Deborah Jenkyns
Judi DenchMiss Matilda Jenkyns
Lisa DillonMary Smith
Simon WoodsDr Harrison
Claudie BlakleyMartha
Philip GlenisterMr Carter
Julia McKenzieMrs Forrester
Lesley ManvilleMrs. Rose
Imelda StauntonMiss Pole
Alex JenningsReverend Hutton
Andrew BuchanJem Hearne
Alex EtelHarry Gregson
- Created by
- Sue Birtwistle, Susie Conklin
- Network
- BBC One
- First aired
- Nov 18, 2007
- Latest episode
- Dec 26, 2009
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