

February 20, 2011
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The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.

Anna Maxwell Martin
Sarah Burton

David Morrissey
Robert Carne

Penelope Wilton
Mrs Beddows

Peter Firth


Andrew Davies
Anne Pivcevic
Anthony Snaith

John Henshaw
Alfred Huggins

Douglas Henshall
Joe Astell

Katherine McGolpin
Midge Carne

Lydia Wilson
Muriel Carne

Daniel West
Young Robert Carne

Charlie May-Clark
Lydia

Miniseries
3 episodes
February 20, 2011

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