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South Riding
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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.
- BBC
- 15
- 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
English for the Hard of Hearing
- English
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South Riding
RRP: £19.99
£7.99
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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.
- BBC
- 15
- 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
English for the Hard of Hearing
- English
- 1
- 2
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