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Synopsis:
New series. Five-part costume drama based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell set in a Cheshire market town over the course of one year in the 1840s. Change is on the way to Cranford as the railway pushes out from Manchester, but many of the female residents are more excited about the arrival of a handsome new doctor. Meanwhile, Miss Matty Jenkyns is still wondering how her life might have turned out if she hadn't been forced to give up the man she loved. Adapted by Heidi Thomas, with an all-st…
Cast:
Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns, Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah Jenkyns, Michael Gambon as Mr Holbrook, Francesca Annis as Lady Ludlow, Philip Glenister as Mr Carter, Lesley Manville as Mrs Rose, Julia McKenzie as Mrs Forrester, Imelda Staunton as Miss Pole, Greg Wise as Lord Charles Maulver, Greg Wise as Sir Charles Maulver, Claudie Blakley as Martha, John Bowe as Dr Morgan, Jim Carter as Captain Brown, Barbara Flynn as Mrs Jamieson, Alex Jennings as Rev Hutton, Julia Sawalha as Jessie Brown, Dean Lennox Kelly as Job Gregson, Simon Woods as Dr Frank Harrison, Deborah Findlay as Miss Tomkinson, Emma Fielding as Miss Galindo, Lisa Dillon as Mary Smith, Kimberley Nixon as Sophy Hutton, Andrew Buchan as Jem Hearne, Alex Etel as Harry Gregson, Selina Griffiths as Caroline Tomkinson, Adrian Scarborough as Mr Johnson, Emma Lowndes as Bella Gregson, Rosy Byrne as Lizzie Hutton, Hester Odgers as Helen Hutton, Haydon Downing as Walter Hutton, Andrew Byrne as Malachi Gregson, Bessie Carter as Margaret Gidman
Credits:
Simon Curtis - Director, Steve Hudson - Director, Heidi Thomas - Dramatised-By, Writer, Kate Harwood - Executive-Producer, Sue Birtwistle - Producer, Susie Conklin - Producer
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