South Riding
Created by Andrew Davies
The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.
- First aired
- 20 Feb 2011
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Writers
- Andrew Davies, Winifred Holtby
- Cinematography
- Alan Almond
- Music
- Rob Lane
- Editor
- David Head
- Executive producers
- Anne Pivcevic, Hilary Martin, Rebecca Eaton
- Producer
- Lisa Osborne
- Elsewhere
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Cast
Anna Maxwell Martin
Sarah Burton
David Morrissey
Robert Carne
Penelope Wilton
Mrs Beddows
Peter Firth
Anthony Snaith
John Henshaw
Alfred Huggins
Douglas Henshall
Joe Astell
Katherine McGolpin
Midge Carne
Lydia Wilson
Muriel Carne
Daniel West
Young Robert Carne
Charlie May-Clark
Lydia
Janine Mellor
Bessy Warbuckle
Shaun Dooley
Mr Holly
Seasons · 3 episodes
Season 1 · 2011
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