Cranford
Subtitle: return to Cranford
By: a BBC Drama/WGBH production in association with Chestermead Ltd. ; produced by Sue Birtwistle ; written by Heidi Thomas ; directed by Simon Curtis
Contributors: Conklin, Susie, creator; Dench, Judi, 1934-; Atkins, Eileen, 1934-; Glenister, Philip; Gambon, Michael; Annis, Francesca, 1945-; Staunton, Imelda, 1956-; McKenzie, Julia; Wise, Greg, 1966-; Manville, Lesley; Jennings, Alex; Davis, Carl, 1936-; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Chestermead Ltd; British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC Video (Firm); BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc; Warner Home Video (Firm)
Series: Cranford
Publisher: BBC Video; Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas; Distributed by Warner Home Video
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [England]; [New York, NY]; Burbank, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Drama; Older women; Social norms; Sisters; Gossip; Single women; Market towns
Other titles: Return to Cranford
Description: Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside Cranford, a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, as Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son, William, and his niece, Erminia, Miss Matty becomes concerned about another young person, Peggy Bell, who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother. She decides to intervene and engineers an invitation that will bring the four young people together. But when tragedy strikes, she fears she has opened a Pandora's box from which Cranford will never recover.
Notes: Subtitle from disc surface and container.

Series created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin.

Based on the three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Special features: "Cranford in detail."

Music, Carl David.

Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie, Greg Wise, Lesley Manville, Alex Jennings, Dean Lennox Kelly.

DVD9, region 1; 16x9 enhanced; Dolby Digital stereo; NTSC.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Table of contents: title: Part one : August 1844; title: Part two : October 1844.