A Christmas Cracker of a comeback for Cranford
Baz Bamigboye in the Daily Mail reports:
Cameras roll on the Cranford clan early next month for two feature-length TV specials to be screened over next Christmas.
Judi Dench returns as the much-loved Miss Matty, around whom the chronicles turn.
Shooting begins on June 1 and continues into August.
Jonathan Pryce and Celia Imrie are among the newcomers to the village. Cranford is based on novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Cranford captured the hearts and minds of viewers and quickly became a ratings smash hit, with almost as many people watching repeats as had watched the original broadcasts. DVD sales of the drama went through the roof.
The plot line is being kept secret. But one character who doesn’t feature is Dr Harrison, played by Simon Woods, who seemed to excite every female of a suitable age (and a few beyond) in the village.
