S01E01 Part 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.
Cranford
S01E04: Part 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.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Part 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.
S01E03 Part 3
Crime comes to Cranford and starts a wave of terror. Lady Glenmire shocks the ladies by her indecorous behaviour.
S01E04 Part 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.
Cast
Gabrielle Hamilton
Miss Matty Jenkyns
Fabia Drake
Mrs. Jamieson
Sarah Grazebrook
Martha
Hazel Bainbridge
Betsy Barker
Helen Christie
Mrs Forrester
Pat Coombs
Miss Pole
Daphne Heard
Mrs. Fitz-Adam
