Andrew Davies' sparkling adaptation of Winifred Holtby's acclaimed novel. Insightful warm and full of memorable characters South Riding tells a fraught love story and paints a panoramic portrait of a between-the-wars Yorkshire community. In depression-hit Thirties Britain Sarah Burton returns from London to her Yorkshire hometown to take up the post of headmistress at a struggling girls' school. Full of ambition she is determined to create a great school and inspire her girls. As Sarah struggles against the crippling poverty of the district she meets those at the heart... of the local community: her brilliant but poor student Lydia Holly; the county's first woman Alderman Mrs Beddows whose sensible demeanour belies a girlish heart; the noble but ludicrous Methodist preacher Councillor Huggins; Sarah's socialist suitor Joe Astell and the proud haunted and almost ruined landowner Robert Carne - a man Sarah finds herself drawn towards even though he stands for everything she detests... Engrossing and entertaining South Riding vividly brings to life a rural community on the brink of change. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Andrew Davies' sparkling adaptation of Winifred Holtby's acclaimed novel. Insightful, warm and full of memorable characters, South Riding tells a fraught love story and paints a panoramic portrait of a between-the-wars Yorkshire community. In depression-hit Thirties Britain, Sarah Burton returns from London to her Yorkshire hometown to take up the post of headmistress at a struggling girls' school. Full of ambition, she is determined to create a great school and inspire her girls. As Sarah struggles against the crippling poverty of the district, she meets those at the heart of the local community: her brilliant but poor student, Lydia Holly; the county's first woman Alderman, Mrs Beddows, whose sensible demeanour belies a girlish heart; the noble but ludicrous Methodist preacher, Councillor Huggins; Sarah's socialist suitor Joe Astell and the proud, haunted and almost ruined landowner, Robert Carne - a man Sarah finds herself drawn towards even though he stands for everything she detests... Engrossing and entertaining, South Riding vividly brings to life a rural community on the brink of change. Actors Charlie Clark, Shaun Dooley, Peter Firth, Jennifer Hennessy, Douglas Henshall, John Henshaw, John-Paul Hurley, Anna Maxwell Martin, Katherine McGolpin, Janine Mellor, David Morrissey, Alexandra Pearson, Lydia Wilson & Penelope Wilton Certificate 15 years and over Year 2010 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 3 hours (approx)
Andrew Davies adapts Winifred Holtby's novel for this three-part BBC period drama starring Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey. In the aftermath of the First World War, Sarah Burton (Maxwell Martin) returns to Yorkshire from London. Having lost her fiance to war, Sarah, now in her thirties, takes up the position of headmistress at the local girls' school. A modern, forward-thinking career woman full of drive and ambition, Sarah later finds herself torn between work and romance as she reluctantly falls in love with Conservative landowner Robert Carne (Morrissey).
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