"Cranford" 1972

Set in the early 1840s, this is the original BBC miniseries of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic tale of a fictional Victorian country village in which the genteel ladies of Cranford struggle to face an uncertain future with dignity and 19th Century decorum.

Cast:

Gabrielle Hamilton
Miss Matty Jenkyns 

Fabia Drake
Mrs. Jamieson 

Sarah Grazebrook
Martha 

Hazel Bainbridge
Betsy Barker 

Helen Christie
Mrs Forrester 

Pat Coombs
Miss Pole