Cranford
Plot Summary
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.
Cast & Characters
Cast
Eileen Atkins
Miss Deborah Jenkyns
Judi Dench
Miss Matilda Jenkyns
Lisa Dillon
Mary Smith
Simon Woods
Dr Harrison
Claudie Blakley
Martha
Philip Glenister
Mr Carter
Julia McKenzie
Mrs Forrester
Lesley Manville
Mrs. Rose
Imelda Staunton
Miss Pole
Alex Jennings
Reverend Hutton
Andrew Buchan
Jem Hearne
Alex Etel
Harry Gregson
Dean Lennox Kelly
Job Gregson
Joseph McFadden
Doctor Jack Marshland
Kimberley Nixon
Sophy Hutton
Greg Wise
Sir Charles Maulver
Julia Sawalha
Jessie Brown
Finty Williams
Clara Smith
Adrian Scarborough
Mr. Johnson
John Bowe
Dr. Morgan
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Seasons (3)
Season 1
5 episodes
Aired: 2007
In season one, talk of a new railway being built brings fears of the breakdown of law and order; and the arrival of a handsome new doctor from London causes a stir among the ladies' in the town.
Return to Cranford
2 episodes
Aired: 2009
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.
Production
Chestermead