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		<title>Sue Birtwistle talks Cranford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cranford&#8217;s producer, Sue Birtwistle, will be giving a talk at the Southwold Literature Festival on Nov. 11th at 1pm. The talk coincides with the publication of a new book about the series co-authored by Sue called &#8216;The Cranford Companion&#8216;. Tickets to the talk, priced £9, are available online at www.wayswithwords.com or by ringing the festival Box [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2010/09/01/sue-birtwistle-talks-cranford/</link>
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		<title>Cranford Christmas Special &#8211;  Part Two: October To December 1844</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miss Matty and the ladies of Cranford are in a frenzy of excitement about the imminent visit of Lady Glenmire. Until, that is, the Hon Mrs Jamieson announces that none of them is of high-enough social standing to meet her. Deeply hurt, Miss Matty leads the Amazons in snubbing both the newcomer and her hostess. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/12/26/cranford-christmas-special-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Cranford Christmas Special – Part One: August 1844</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s late summer 1844 and two years on since Miss Matty Jenkyns lost her beloved sister, Deborah. But her home is once again full of life and bustle. Not only has her brother Peter stayed on in Cranford, but her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/12/19/cranford-christmas-special-%e2%80%93-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Cranford Christmas Special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The multi-award-winning Cranford returns to entertain and enthral BBC One audiences this Christmas with a two-part special. Dame Judi Dench reprises her role as Cranford&#8217;s much cherished Miss Matty Jenkyns, and heads a cast that boasts Britain&#8217;s top film, television and stage talent including Cranford newcomers: Jonathan Pryce, Celia Imrie, Lesley Sharp, Nicholas Le Prevost, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/11/23/cranford-christmas-special/</link>
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		<title>Cranford Christmas Special &#8211; Interview with Dame Judi Dench</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Moving on in Cranford As the critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning drama Cranford returns to BBC One this Christmas for a two-part special, Dame Judi Dench tells Programme Information&#8217;s Sarah Ward how she couldn&#8217;t wait to reprise her role as the much-loved Miss Matty Jenkyns – so much so that she immediately set aside 10 weeks in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/11/23/cranford-christmas-special-interview-with-dame-judi-dench/</link>
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		<title>Mr Buxton played by Jonathan Pryce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr Buxton (Jonathan Pryce) Recently widowed, Mr Buxton has returned to his native Cranford with his son William and niece Erminia after a two-year absence. He can be blunt and volatile, often speaking and acting before thinking, but he is loyal, generous and down to earth. Though personally happy to live a quiet, unassuming life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/11/23/mr-buxton-played-by-jonathan-pryce/</link>
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		<title>William Buxton played by Tom Hiddleston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Buxton (Tom Hiddleston) Mr Buxton&#8217;s only child, William is bright and capable but, having dropped out of Cambridge when his mother fell terminally ill, he now struggles to find direction for himself without her gentle guidance. What is certain is that he has no interest in his father&#8217;s political ambitions for him. He&#8217;s far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/11/23/william-buxton-played-by-tom-hiddleston/</link>
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		<title>Peggy Bell played by Jodie Whittaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peggy Bell (Jodie Whittaker) The younger child of Mrs Bell and the deceased Curate of Cranford, she lives in an isolated cottage outside of town with her family. Though she&#8217;s bullied by older brother, Edward, and ignored by her mother, she seems to have accepted her lot in life with good grace because she has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/11/23/peggy-bell-played-by-jodie-whittaker/</link>
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		<title>Lady Glenmire played by Celia Imrie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lady Glenmire (Celia Imrie) A character from the original novel, Cranford, Lady Glenmire is the sister-in-law and social superior of Mrs Jamieson, though by far the more down-to-earth of the two. A genteel Scotswoman on the surface, she is intelligent, lively and very sociable – the exact opposite, therefore, of Mrs Jamieson. The Amazons are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/11/23/lady-glenmire-played-by-celia-imrie/</link>
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		<title>Lord Septimus Ludlow played by Rory Kinnear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Septimus Ludlow (Rory Kinnear) Lady Ludlow&#8217;s seventh and last-remaining child, Septimus is much talked about in the novel My Lady Ludlow but never actually appears, so he is a newly-created character. He arrives in Cranford from Italy after many years absence, bringing his bored and louche companion, Giacomo, with him. Lord Septimus is beautifully [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cranfordchronicles.com/2009/11/23/lord-septimus-ludlow-played-by-rory-kinnear/</link>
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