< South Riding (1974 - 1974)

SERIES | 50m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 8.0 (67)

Drama | Headmistress Sarah Burton, a left-wing feminist, is disgusted by the social injustices faced by her pupils. In spite of her beliefs, she reluctantly finds herself falling in love with a Tory landowner whose wife is suffering from insanity.

• Director: James Ormerod
• Director: Alastair Reid
• Writer: Stan Barstow
• Writer: Winifred Holtby
• Dorothy Tutin (44) - Sarah Burton
• Hermione Baddeley (68) - Mrs. Beddows
• Nigel Davenport (46) - Robert Carne
• Judi Bowker (20) - Midge Carne
• Clive Swift (38) - Alfred E. Huggins
• John Cater (42) - Anthony Snaith
• Norman Jones (42) - Joe Astell
• Bernard Kay (46) - Tom Sawdon
• Lesley Dunlop (18) - Lydia Holly
• Ray Mort (48) - Barney Holly
• John Comer (50) - Bill Heyer
• Peter Madden (70) - George Hicks
• Michael Bilton (55) - Jim Beddows
• Michelle Cerowski - Daisy Holly
• Milton Johns (36) - Fred Mitchell
• Doreen Andrew (51) - Mrs. Brimsley
• June Brown (47) - Lily Sawdon
• Amanda Broadley - Jennifer Grey
• Margaret Whitelam - Gwynneth Rogers
• Jane Wood (31) - Nancy Mitchell

Some episodes

• 1.1 The Powers That Be
• 1.2 A Land of Hope and Glory?
• 1.3 Those For and Those Against