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Headmistress Sarah Burton returns to 1930s Yorkshire for a challenging new post. Stars Sarah Lancashire and Philip Glenister.

Headmistress Sarah Burton returns to 1930s Yorkshire for a challenging new post.

Winifred Holtby's (1898-1935) most famous novel "South Riding" was published posthumously in 1936. It's a rich and memorable evocation of the characters of Yorkshire's South Riding, their lives, loves and sorrows.

Starring Sarah Lancashire as Sarah Burton, Philip Glenister as Robert Carne and Carole Boyd as Mrs Beddows.

With Susan Cookson, Maggie Tagney, Donald McBride, Lucy Beaumont, Annmarie Hosell and Maya Foa.

Dramatised in 15-parts by Gill Adams.

Director: Melanie Harris

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in 1999.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Aug 2017 02:30

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  • Mon 5 Nov 2007 10:00
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  • Mon 28 Aug 2017 14:30
  • Tue 29 Aug 2017 02:30