South Riding (DVD)

Insightful, warm and full of memorable characters, South Riding tells a fraught love story and paints a panoramic portrait of a between-the-wars Yorkshire community.

In depression-hit Thirties Britain, Sarah Burton returns from London to her Yorkshire hometown to take up the post of headmistress at a struggling girls’ school. Full of ambition, she is determined to create a great school and inspire her girls.

As Sarah struggles against the crippling poverty of the district, she meets those at the heart of the local community: her brilliant but poor student, Lydia Holly; the county's first woman Alderman, Mrs Beddows, whose sensible demeanour belies a girlish heart; the noble but ludicrous Methodist preacher, Councillor Huggins; Sarah’s socialist suitor Joe Astell and the proud, haunted and almost ruined landowner, Robert Carne – a man Sarah finds herself drawn towards even though he stands for everything she detests…

Engrossing and entertaining, South Riding vividly brings to life a rural community on the brink of change.

General

Studio:	BBC DVD
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2011
Movie released:	2011
Actors:	Anna Maxwell Martin • David Morrissey
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	3 hours
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Video format:	Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1)
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Age restriction:	13
Categories:	DVD > TV Series > Drama DVD > Drama DVD > Historical Period DVD > BBC Shop DVD > TV Series > Historical
LSN:	XR1-TCS-ENE-4
Barcode:	5051561032257

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