BBC television adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's passionate love story, set across the social divides in the changing world of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale (Daniella Denby-Ashe) is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton (Richard Armitage) , whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and wilfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - finds herself falling in love with Thornton.
Director: Brian Percival
Producer: Kate Bartlett
Writer: Sandy Welch
Music: Martin Phipps
Actor: Daniela Denby-Ashe
Actor: Richard Armitage
Actor: Tim Pigott-Smith
Actor: Pauline Quirke
Actor: Sinéad Cusack
Actor: Lesley Manville
Actor: Brendan Coyle
Actor: Lucy Brown
Actor: Rupert Evans
Actor: David Fleeshman