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Episode 2

Episode 2 of 4

Tensions rise as the workers strike over pay. Margaret is caught between the workers and their employer when she steps in to try and protect Thornton from violence.

Four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate story, set across the social divide, in the changing world of Victorian industrial society.

Tensions rise as the workers strike over pay. In the ensuing riot, Margaret is caught between the workers and their employer when she steps in to try and protect Thornton from violence. (2004)

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 May 2009 19:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Margaret Hale Daniela Denby-Ashe
John Thornton Richard Armitage
Hannah Thornton Sinead Cusack
Maria Hale Lesley Manville
Richard Hale Tim Pigott-Smith
Dixon Pauline Quirke
Nicholas Higgins Brendan Coyle
Henry Lennox John Light
Edith Lennox Emma Ferguson
Captain Lennox Travis Oliver
Frederick Hale Rupert Evans
Bessy Higgins Anna Maxwell Martin
Writer Sandy Welch
Director Brian Percival
Producer Kate Bartlett

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