BBC One · Ended

South Riding

Drama, Romance · 2011

Last aired: S1 E3, Episode 3 · 2011-03-06

The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places, written by Andrew Davies, starring David Morrissey and Anna Maxwell Martin.

Cast

Anna Maxwell Martin Sarah Burton

David Morrissey Robert Carne

Douglas Henshall Joe Astell

John Henshaw Councillor Huggins

Penelope Wilton Alderman Mrs Beddows

Peter Firth Councillor Snaith

Shaun Dooley Mr Holly

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2011-02-20 · 60 min Period drama charting the story of Sarah Burton, a teacher who returns to Yorkshire to take up her first headmistress-ship after 20 years teaching in London and the Empire.

E2 Episode 2 2011-02-27 · 60 min Sarah's ambitions for her school find their focus in the gifted eldest child of a labourer and his wife, who live with their children in a shanty town on the cliffs.

E3 Episode 3 2011-03-06 · 60 min Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unrequited love, while Carne comes to terms with the idea that Muriel can never be restored to him.

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