Release Date

18 Nov, 2007

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

7/2

Synopsis

A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Original Title

Cranford

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Specials

Season 1

18 Nov, 2007

In season one, talk of a new railway being built brings fears of the breakdown of law and order; and the arrival of a handsome new doctor from London causes a stir among the ladies' in the town.

Return to Cranford

20 Dec, 2009

Cranford, where everything changes and all remains the same, and Miss Matty's house is full of bustle when her maid Martha gives birth to a daughter. Elsewhere the shadow of the new railway still looms. Miss Matty is concerned about a young girl who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother. Her worries open a Pandora's box and fears that Cranford will never recover.

Created By

Actors

Eileen Atkins

Judi Dench

Lisa Dillon

Simon Woods

Claudie Blakley

Philip Glenister

Julia McKenzie

Lesley Manville

Imelda Staunton

Alex Jennings

Andrew Buchan

Alex Etel

Dean Lennox Kelly

Joseph McFadden

Kimberley Nixon

Greg Wise

Julia Sawalha

Finty Williams

Adrian Scarborough

John Bowe

Selina Griffiths

Crew

Karen Hartley-Thomas

Maggie Lunn

Frances Parker

Rupert Ryle-Hodges

Catherine Thomas

Karen Teitge

Jenny Beavan

Trisha Edwards

Mark Kebby

Catherine Hodgson

Natalie Reid

Donal Woods

Carl Davis

Iain Eyre