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South Riding is a BBC serial in three parts from 2011, based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. It is directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Andrew Davies. It stars Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, Peter Firth, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Wilton and John Henshaw.
South Riding: With Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, Penelope Wilton, Katherine McGolpin. In 1930s Yorkshire, a spirited new headmistress brings inspiration and modern ideas to an all girls' school and shakes up the more conservative-minded residents of South Riding.
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- 2011-02-20
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South Riding. Season 1. In the long aftermath of the First World War, 30-year-old Sarah Burton leaves London and comes home to take up the headmistress-ship of a struggling Yorkshire high school for girls.
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.
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.
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South Riding. Season 1. In the long aftermath of the First World War, 30-year-old Sarah Burton leaves London and comes home to take up the headmistress-ship of a struggling Yorkshire high school for girls.
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Miniseries – South Riding 2011 Drama List 50% Tomatometer 6 Reviews The story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after 20 years teaching in London.
