Cranford

1972 - 1972

Part 1

26th November 1972

Episode 1

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

3rd December 1972

Episode 2

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

10th December 1972

Episode 3

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

Part 4

17th December 1972

Episode 4

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.

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Gabrielle Hamilton•Fabia Drake•Sarah Grazebrook

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.

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Gabrielle Hamilton Image

Gabrielle Hamilton

Miss Matty Jenkyns

Fabia Drake Image

Fabia Drake

Mrs. Jamieson

Sarah Grazebrook

Martha

Hazel Bainbridge

Betsy Barker

Helen Christie Image

Helen Christie

Mrs Forrester

Pat Coombs Image

Pat Coombs

Miss Pole

Daphne Heard

Mrs. Fitz-Adam

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