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Cranford Ep 5/5
Sunday 16 December
9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE

Miss Matty’s (Dame Judi Dench) crisis is discussed by the ladies of Cranford in a secret meeting

Jem and Martha (more…)

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Cranford Ep 4/5
Sunday 9 December
9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE

Dr Frank Harrison (Simon Woods) asks for permission to court Sophy

Miss Matty suffers great disappointment and, in a nostalgic mood one evening, decides to confide in Mary about Mr Holbrook, in the penultimate episode of the drama serial written by Heidi Thomas. She tells Mary how things were put asunder by a trick played by her younger (more…)

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Cranford Ep 3/5
Sunday 2 December
9:00pm – 10:00pm
BBC1

As winter approaches, Cranford is beset by sorrows and struggles to regain its confidence, in the third episode of the Elizabeth Gaskell drama co-created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin.

Could Mrs Rose (Lesley Manville) have discovered the start of a crime wave?

When Dr Harrison’s housekeeper, Mrs Rose, discovers a (more…)

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Cranford Ep 2/5
Sunday 25 November
9:00pm – 10:00pm
BBC ONE

Deborah surprises Matty by encouraging Jessie’s romance with a visiting soldier named Major Gordon, in part two of the classic drama serial set in a town on the cusp of great change. (more…)

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Cranford Ep 1/5
Sunday 18 November
9:00pm – 10:00pm
BBC ONE

Part one of the drama is set in June/July 1842.

Mary Smith (Lisa Dillon) flees a crisis at home in Manchester to stay with two spinster sisters, Deborah Jenkyns (Eileen Atkins) and Matty Jenkyns (Judi Dench), in the small, rural town of Cranford. Deborah is the dominating force in Cranford society, and the kind-hearted and eccentric Matty believes her to be the best judge in all matters. (more…)