North & South (TV serial)
2004 television adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel of the same name / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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North & South is a British television historical drama programme, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in four episodes on BBC One in November and December 2004. It follows the story of Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe), a young woman from southern England who has to move to the North after her father decides to leave the clergy. The family struggles to adjust itself to the industrial town's customs, especially after meeting the Thorntons, a proud family of cotton mill owners who at first seem to despise their social inferiors. The story explores the issues of class and gender, as Margaret's sympathy for the town mill workers clashes with her growing attraction to John Thornton (Richard Armitage).
North & South | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell |
Screenplay by | Sandy Welch |
Directed by | Brian Percival |
Starring | Daniela Denby-Ashe Richard Armitage Sinéad Cusack Jo Joyner |
Composer | Martin Phipps |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producer | Kate Bartlett |
Running time | 232 min. (4 × 58 min.) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 14 November (2004-11-14) – 5 December 2004 (2004-12-05) |
The serial is based on the 1855 Victorian novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and takes place in the years surrounding the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was adapted for television by Sandy Welch and directed by Brian Percival.