Rent South Riding (1974)
4.1 of 5 from 49 ratings
10h 43min
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- Synopsis:
Based on the epic bestseller by Winifred Holtby, 'South Riding' is an enthralling, romantic and sweeping drama set in a small Yorkshire community in the 1930's. When idealistic new headmistress Sarah Burton (Dorothy Tutin) takes over Kiplington Girls High School, she finds herself falling for local landowner Robert Carne (Nigel Davenport). But times are tough. It's the height of the Depression. The poor live in squalid poverty, the middle-classes are struggling just to survive and even the landed gentry like Robert Carne are on the brink of financial ruin. When the county council proposes a new road and a new town project, greed, corruption and sheer desperation divide the locals as never before - with tragic consequences... - Actors:
- Dorothy Tutin, Hermione Baddeley, Nigel Davenport, Judi Bowker, Clive Swift, John Cater, Norman Jones, Lesley Dunlop, Bernard Kay, Ray Mort, John Comer, Milton Johns, Peter Madden, Michael Bilton, Michelle Cerowski, Doreen Andrew, June Brown, Jane Wood, Margaret Whitelam, Christine Hayton
- Directors:
- James Ormerod, Alastair Reid
- Producers:
- James Ormerod
- Writers:
- Stan Barstow, Winifred Holtby
- Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Romance
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