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Cranford

  • 2007 – 2009
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 8.2/10

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.

Latest: Return to Cranford · 2009

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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.

  1. E1. August 1844

    Dec 20, 2009 · 60m

    Miss Matty becomes concerned about an isolated youngster as Mr Buxton returns to town.

  2. E2. October 1844

    Dec 26, 2009 · 60m

    Defying his father, William finds a job with Captain Brown working on the railway.

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