An all-star cast including Judi Dench, MichaeI Gambon, Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton and more come together in this BBC/Masterpiece CIassic drama adapted from the works of Elizabeth Gaskell.
• Cranford, a market town in the North West of EngIand, is a place governed by etiquette, custom and above aIl, an intricate network of ladies. For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns (Atkins), the arbiter of correctness in Cranford, and her demurring sister Matty (Dench), the town is a hub of intrigue where little goes unnoticed. Everyone - from charming rogue Dr. Marshland to Mrs. Jamieson and her lap dog - taIks, and is taIked about.
However, the town stiIl has its secrets, despite the most vigiIant eyes and ears. WhiIe it seems that life has aIways been conducted according to social rules, Cranford is on the cusp of change... |