North and South (1975)
Synopsis
Serialisation of the novel by Mrs Gaskell.
Network
BBC Two
Episodes
Episodes
Part One
Margaret Hale is pleased to be leaving London to live with her parents in Hampshire. She is unaware that an even longer journey is in store.
Part Two
Mr Hale has left the Church and is working as a tutor in a Northern industrial town. Times are hard for the mill workers and a strike is threatened.
Part Three
John Thornton has succeeded in breaking the strike. Margaret Hale has put her reputation at risk by protecting him from a mob of angry workers. John Thornton has misinterpreted her action and, with the grudging approval of his mother, he has resolved to marry her.
Part Four
Margaret Hale has rejected John Thornton 's proposal of marriage and has defended herself against Mrs Thornton 's accusations.
Cast
Trailer
Details
Original Title
North and South
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
