North And South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Episode 1 of 3 00:00

by Elizabeth Gaskell
dramatised by Lin Coghlan

Margaret ..... Patsy Ferran
Mr Hale ..... Paul Chahidi
Mrs Hale ..... Ruth Everett
Dixon ..... Felicity Montagu
John Thornton ..... James Cartwright
Mrs Thornton ..... Pooky Quesnel
Higgins ..... Sean Gilder
Bessy ..... Olivia Barrowclough
Aunt Shaw ..... Joanna Monro
Henry Lennox ..... Jonathan Forbes
Henderson ..... David Hounslow
Boucher ..... Lloyd Thomas
Youth ..... Colin Ryan
Cabbie ..... Roger Ringrose

Directed by Sally Avens
Sound by Peter Ringrose and Keith Graham

Margaret Hale and her family are forced to move north to the industrial mill town of Milton, an upheaval that brings the awakening of her social conscience. When a strike threatens the town, Margaret finds herself pitted in passionate opposition to the values of local mill owner John Thornton, one of her family's few acquaintances in their new home. Gaskell's great Condition of England novel still resonates today in its portrayal of the north-south divide and its themes of class, gender and social responsibility.

It stars award-winning actress Pasty Ferran as Margaret, Paul Chahidi (This Country, Good Omens) as Hale, James Cartwright (The Archers, History Boys, Johnny Shakespeare) as John Thornton and Felicity Montagu (Alan Partridge, Landscapers) as Dixon.

Episode 2 of 3 56:51

by Elizabeth Gaskell
Dramatised by Lin Coghlan

Margaret ..... Patsy Ferran
Mr Hale ..... Paul Chahidi
John Thornton ..... James Cartwright
Mrs Thornton ..... Pooky Quesnel
Mrs Hale ..... Ruth Everett
Frederick ..... Colin Ryan
Dixon ..... Felicity Montagu
Higgins ..... Sean Gilder
Boucher ..... Lloyd Thomas
Mrs Boucher ..... Evie Killip
Leonards ..... Luke Nunn
Inspector ..... Jonathan Forbes
Old Man ..... Roger Ringrose
Old Woman ..... Joanna Monro

Directed by Sally Avens

The Hale family have moved North to Milton, an industrial mill town. Margaret's friendship with Bessy, a young mill girl who died, has brought her into close contact with the suffering of the workers. Now Bessy's father, a union leader, has called a strike and Margaret finds herself caught in the middle between the workers and the mill owner, John Thornton, one of her family's only acquaintances. Gaskell's great novel still resonates today in its portrayal of the north-south divide and its themes of class, gender and social responsibility.

Episode 3 of 3 1:53:34

by Elizabeth Gaskell
dramatised by Lin Coghlan

Margaret ..... Patsy Ferran
John Thornton ..... James Cartwright
Mr Hale ..... Paul Chahidi
Mr Bell ..... Roger Ringrose
Mrs Thornton ..... Pooky Quesnel
Higgins ..... Sean Gilder
Dixon ..... Felicity Montagu
Henry Lennox ..... Jonathan Forbes
Aunt Shaw ..... Joanna Monro
Henderson ..... David Hounslow

Directed by Sally Avens

Following the death of a man at the railway station Margaret's reputation is compromised once more. Only John Thornton stands between her and the police, but can Margaret ever redeem herself in his eyes?

Elizabeth Gaskell's great state of the nation novel still resonates today with its examination of class, gender and politics and its examination of the north-south divide.

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