South Riding

Latest Episodes

• Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  Robert tries to avoid Sarah following their encounter in Manchester - but his emotional turmoil is overshadowed when he is served with a lawsuit that could ruin him. Meanwhile, Sarah tries to overcome her feelings of humiliation by finding a way to get Lydia Holly back into school, and Huggins makes a desperate attempt to recoup his losses. Drama set in 1930s rural Yorkshire, starring Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey

• Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Robert's home comes under threat of repossession, forcing him to make some major changes. He heads to Manchester, where he bumps into Sarah - and the pair proceed to enjoy a day away from the stresses of their lives in the South Riding. However, neither of them anticipates the serious consequences their meeting will have. Meanwhile, Joe struggles to overcome municipal corruption as he tries to make his housing scheme a reality, and Lydia discovers her academic gifts could offer an escape from her family's crippling poverty. Drama, starring Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey

• Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Ambitious teacher Sarah Burton returns to her native Yorkshire to become headmistress of a struggling girls' school. However, her sweeping plans to change everything from the curriculum to the school buildings lead to her making an enemy of troubled local landowner Robert Carne - a situation that becomes more complicated when she takes an interest in helping his fragile young daughter Midge. Andrew Davies's adaptation of Winifred Holtby's novel about community life in rural Yorkshire during the 1930s, starring Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey, with Douglas Henshall, Shaun Dooley and Penelope Wilton