North and South

Four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel following the fortunes of Margaret Hale, a privileged middle-class southerner who is forced to settle in the northern town of Milton. Over time she grows accustomed to her new surroundings and her social conscience awakens as she befriends local mill workers, and discovers the poverty and workplace struggles they face. Daniela Denby-Ashe, Lesley Manville and Sinead Cusack star.