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Miniseries (2004)

Release date: 2004-11-14

Writer: Sandy Welch

Novel: Elizabeth Gaskell

Episodes (4):

1. Episode 1

Margaret Hale, a 19-year-old lively young girl, and her parents leave the south, when her father Richard resigns as the clergy in Helstone on a matter of conscience. The family moves to Milton in the north of England where Mr. Hale starts working as a private tutor. Margaret and her mother find it difficult to adapt to the north. While Margaret tries to deal with her new home and thereby befriends Bessy Higgins and her father Nicholas, poor local mill workers, she becomes aware of the social inequalities. On seeing John Thornton, a cotton-mill owner, badly treating one of his workers, Margaret's prejudices are reinforced. Thornton, on the other hand, forms a more positive opinion of Margaret.

2. Episode 2

Maria Hale's health ceases and her daughter Margaret decides to contact her brother Frederick - who had to leave England years earlier due to a wrongful court decision. The mill workers in Milton go on strike. In order to get his orders done in time, Thornton hires Irish workers. The angry strikers hear of this and in an attempt to threaten Thornton they hurt Margaret. Overwhelmed at her willing help to save Thornton from the strikers, he decides to propose to Margaret.

3. Episode 3

Deeply hurt at the refusal of his marriage proposal, Thornton and Margaret's relationship becomes more tense and difficult. Just in time, Frederick comes home to visit his dying mother. Thornton mistakes him for Margaret's lover. As Margaret realizes that she might have been mistaken in her harsh and hasty criticism of Thornton, she has to sadly observe his opinion of her altering. Shortly after the death of her mother, Margaret's friend Bessy also dies.

4. Episode 4

Frederick safely reaches Spain. After her father's death, Margaret leaves Milton to live with her aunt in London. Thornton learns that Frederick is Margaret's brother. With the money that she inherited from Mr. Bell, her godfather, she decides to help Mr. Thornton's mill from closing.

Cast

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Kay Lyon - Mary Higgins

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Elizabeth Gaskell - Novel, Sandy Welch - Writer, Faye De Bremaeker - Key Hair Stylist, Bill Brennan - First Assistant Director, Alison Bown - Sound Editor, Alex Fordham - Wardrobe Supervisor, Phillippa Giles - Executive Producer, Bill Crutcher - Art Direction, Mike O'Neill - Costume Design, William Dutton - Second Assistant Director, Ian Morgan - Supervising Sound Editor, Kate Bartlett - Producer, Diana Barton - Producer, Haresh Patel - Foley Editor, Steve Murray - Steadicam Operator, Laura Mackie - Executive Producer, Jill Trevellick - Casting, Alison Elliott - Makeup Designer, Caroline McManus - Post Production Supervisor, Martin Phipps - Original Music Composer, Janice Schumm - Script Supervisor, Adam Badrawy - Third Assistant Director, Richard Manton - Sound Mixer, Ian Vasey - Location Manager, Anthony Faust - ADR Mixer, Pat Garrett - Choreographer, Peter Hallam - Property Master, Simon Elliott - Production Design, Faye De Bremaeker - Key Makeup Artist, Clive Trott - Location Manager, Steve Fish - Boom Operator, Phillipa Cole - Production Coordinator, Antonia Bates - Sound Effects Editor, Antonia Gordon - Script Editor, Susie Munachen - Makeup Artist, Stephen Warner - Clapper Loader, Adam Coles - Focus Puller