Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 3
The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determine...
Sarah arrives at the school, determined to transform both the teaching and the buildings.
Air Date : 2011-02-20
Sarah’s ambitions for her school find their focus in Lydia Holly, the gifted oldest child of a labourer and his wife who live with six children in the nearby shanty town.
Air Date : 2011-02-27
Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unrequited love.
Air Date : 2011-03-06
(Sarah Burton)
(Robert Carne)
(Mrs Beddows)
(Anthony Snaith)
(Alfred Huggins)
(Joe Astell)
(Midge Carne)
(Muriel Carne)
(Young Robert Carne)
(Lydia)
(Bessy Warbuckle)
(Mr Holly)
(Mrs Holly)
(Mrs Sigglesthwaite)
(Mrs Huggins)