The Girl 1996

Adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. In mid-19th century Yorkshire, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves.

Cast:

Siobhan Flynn
Hannah Boyle 

Jonathan Cake
Ned Ridley 

Mark Benton
Fred Loam 

Susan Jameson
Mrs. Daisy Loam 

Jill Baker
Anne Thornton 

Emily Hamilton
Margaret Thornton