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Viewers stay true to Cranford
Lavish BBC1 costume drama Cranford continued to captivate viewers on Sunday night, November 25 – virtually equalling its debut by attracting 7.9 million viewers. The second episode of the costume drama, when its impressive cast including Eileen Atkins and Judi Dench had to deal with a runaway cow and revelations at Lady Ludlow’s garden party, [...]
Morris men set for small screen stardom
By Emilie Bradshaw A group of Lancashire morris men are to feature in a new TV drama starring actress Judi Dench. Producers called on the skills of Leyland Morris Men for a May Day scene for the BBC’s five-part drama serial, Cranford. Nine members of the group travelled to London and spent two days on [...]
Cranford an ‘antidote’ to reality TV
Rome star Simon Woods has encouraged viewers to tune into new BBC drama Cranford, saying it makes a nice change from “shouty, sweary celebrity programmes”. The 27-year-old actor, who plays heroic young Doctor Harrison in the adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel, said: “There’s something lovely about watching this because it’s such a gentle thing. Cranford [...]
Cranford – community brought to life
Ian Wylie – Manchester Evening News THE Manchester railway is on track to arrive in Cheshire as a landmark TV period drama comes to the screen. “I didn’t realise quite how big the programme was until the first day,” recalls Sue Birtwistle, producer of £8m five-part serial Cranford. “The guy who organised the transport came [...]
The noble art of curtain twitching
From The Sunday Times, Jenny Uglow The BBC adaptation of Mrs Gaskell’s Cranford borrows narrative techniques from ER. How do you scrub up a literary soap? Anyone who thinks that stories about widows and spinsters in rural Cheshire in the 1840s are irrelevant to the modern world is in for a surprise. The BBC’s new [...]
Beam me up, Mrs Gaskell
Philip Glenister takes a break from Life on Mars to get Mr Carter in the BBC’s new Cranford Rachel Cooke, The Observer Somewhere deep in south London – I’m not sure that either of us knows exactly where we are – Philip Glenister and I are meeting to discuss his role as Mr Carter in [...]
Why Cranford is Britain’s hottest town
With Pride and Prejudice’s producer and both Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins in the cast, ‘Cranford’ may be the biggest period drama yet. Chloe Fox reports in The Daily Telegraph. You might think we’d be tired of period dramas by now – the perpetual primetime bombardment of bonnets and bustles. But, judging by the viewing [...]
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Band of women
Often silly and stubborn, the ladies in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford stories were also resilient and full of warmth. Ahead of a new BBC adaptation, Jenny Uglow explores the strong values beneath the bonnets In 1854, writing a gossipy letter to the critic John Forster, Elizabeth Gaskell slipped in an aside. “Shall I tell you a [...]
Cranford announced for week 47 (17-23 Nov)
The BBC press office has announced that Cranford wil air in the week 17-23 November. Although it is still officially unplaced in the schedule. We’d expect it to show up in the tradition Sunday night slot. If you know better please let us know. Francesca Annis stars as Lady Ludlow in a witty and poignant [...]