South Riding

★ 6.9•2011•1 Seasons•ANIME

Drama

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.

Top 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

Jennifer Hennessy

Mrs Holly

Brid Brennan

Mrs Sigglesthwaite

Penny Layden

Mrs Huggins

Episodes

Season:

1. Episode 1

60m

Sarah arrives at the school, determined to transform both the teaching and the buildings.

Aired: 2/20/2011

2. Episode 2

60m

Sarah’s ambitions for her school find their focus in Lydia Holly, the gifted oldest child of a labourer and his wife who live with six children in the nearby shanty town.