The Elizabeth Gaskell Collection - Wives & Daughters / Cranford / North & South (DVD)

Wives & Daughters:
After years spent as a widower, village doctor Mr Gibson has decided to remarry; something for which his rather naive daughter, Molly, is wholly unprepared. Molly's world is soon overturned by the arrival of an unwanted stepmother and a bewitching, beautiful stepsister, Cynthia. In spite of the circumstances of their acquiantance and of being so entirely different from one another, the two girls instantly form a close relationship. But it is a friendship that is put to the test when they look set to become rivals in love. Matters are further complicated when a dangerous secret emerges from Cynthia's past in which she entangles Molly, with serious consequences for them both...

Cranford:
Cranford is a small rural Cheshire town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burglaries, tragic accidents, and the reapparance of long-lost relatives.

North & South:
A powerful adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's feisty and passionate love story, set across the social divides in the changing world of Victorian industrial society. Margaret Hale is one of literature's most original heroines: a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and wilfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...

General

Studio:	BBC
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2008
Movie released:	2007
Actors:	Judi Dench • Daniela Denby-Ashe • Keeley Hawes
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Disks:	6
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.1
Video format:	Widescreen 16:9 (1.78:1)
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	10
Categories:	DVD > TV Series > Drama DVD > Drama DVD > Historical Period DVD > BBC Shop > Cranford DVD > TV Series > Historical
LSN:	XCE-F9C-0KE-2
Barcode:	5014503254520

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• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Deleted Scenes
• Interviews: North and South: Interview with Richard Armitage (actor)
• Commentary: North and South: Commentary on episodes 1 and 4
• Making Of Documentary
• Other Documentary: Wives and Daughters: 'Who the Dickens is Mrs Gaskell?', Cranford: 'The Making of Cranford'
• Production Notes

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