North & South

2004 - 2004

Episode 1

14th November 2004

Episode 1

Margaret Hale, a 19-year-old lively young girl, and her parents leave the south, when her father Richard resigns as the clergy in Helstone on a matter of conscience. The family moves to Milton in the north of England where Mr. Hale starts working as a private tutor. Margaret and her mother find it difficult to adapt to the north. While Margaret tries to deal with her new home and thereby befriends Bessy Higgins and her father Nicholas, poor local mill workers, she becomes aware of the social inequalities. On seeing John Thornton, a cotton-mill owner, badly treating one of his workers, Margaret's prejudices are reinforced. Thornton, on the other hand, forms a more positive opinion of Margaret.

Episode 2

21st November 2004

Episode 2

Maria Hale's health ceases and her daughter Margaret decides to contact her brother Frederick - who had to leave England years earlier due to a wrongful court decision. The mill workers in Milton go on strike. In order to get his orders done in time, Thornton hires Irish workers. The angry strikers hear of this and in an attempt to threaten Thornton they hurt Margaret. Overwhelmed at her willing help to save Thornton from the strikers, he decides to propose to Margaret.

Episode 3

28th November 2004

Episode 3

Deeply hurt at the refusal of his marriage proposal, Thornton and Margaret's relationship becomes more tense and difficult. Just in time, Frederick comes home to visit his dying mother. Thornton mistakes him for Margaret's lover. As Margaret realizes that she might have been mistaken in her harsh and hasty criticism of Thornton, she has to sadly observe his opinion of her altering. Shortly after the death of her mother, Margaret's friend Bessy also dies.

Episode 4

5th December 2004

Episode 4

Frederick safely reaches Spain. After her father's death, Margaret leaves Milton to live with her aunt in London. Thornton learns that Frederick is Margaret's brother. With the money that she inherited from Mr. Bell, her godfather, she decides to help Mr. Thornton's mill from closing.

Top Cast

Richard Armitage•Daniela Denby-Ashe•Sinéad Cusack

Writer

Sandy Welch

Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...

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Richard Armitage Image

Richard Armitage

John Thornton

Daniela Denby-Ashe Image

Daniela Denby-Ashe

Margaret Hale

Sinéad Cusack Image

Sinéad Cusack

Hannah Thornton

Jo Joyner Image

Jo Joyner

Fanny Thornton

Tim Pigott-Smith Image

Tim Pigott-Smith

Richard Hale

Pauline Quirke Image

Pauline Quirke

Dixon

Kay Lyon

Mary Higgins

Brendan Coyle Image

Brendan Coyle

Nicholas Higgins

Lesley Manville Image

Lesley Manville

Mrs. Maria Hale

Full Crew

Elizabeth Gaskell

Novel

Sandy Welch

Writer

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Faye De Bremaeker

Key Hair Stylist

Bill Brennan

First Assistant Director

Alison Bown

Sound Editor

Alex Fordham

Wardrobe Supervisor

Phillippa Giles

Executive Producer

Bill Crutcher

Art Direction

Mike O'Neill

Costume Design

William Dutton

Second Assistant Director

Ian Morgan

Supervising Sound Editor

Kate Bartlett

Producer

Diana Barton

Producer

Haresh Patel

Foley Editor

Steve Murray

Steadicam Operator

Laura Mackie

Executive Producer

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Jill Trevellick

Casting

Alison Elliott

Makeup Designer

Caroline McManus

Post Production Supervisor

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Martin Phipps

Original Music Composer

Janice Schumm

Script Supervisor

Adam Badrawy

Third Assistant Director

Richard Manton

Sound Mixer

Ian Vasey

Location Manager

Anthony Faust

ADR Mixer

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Pat Garrett

Choreographer

Peter Hallam

Property Master

Simon Elliott

Production Design

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Faye De Bremaeker

Key Makeup Artist

Clive Trott

Location Manager

Steve Fish

Boom Operator

Phillipa Cole

Production Coordinator

Antonia Bates

Sound Effects Editor

Antonia Gordon

Script Editor

Susie Munachen

Makeup Artist

Stephen Warner

Clapper Loader

Adam Coles

Focus Puller

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