Return to Cranford ( Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford )

Return to Cranford (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
175 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Simon Curtis
Steve Hudson

Written By:
Sue Birtwistle
Susie Conklin

Actors:
Judi Dench ..... Miss Matty Jenkyns (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Julia McKenzie ..... Mrs. Forrester (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Imelda Staunton ..... Miss Octavia Pole (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Lisa Dillon ..... Mary Smith (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Deborah Findlay ..... Miss Tomkinson (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Barbara Flynn ..... Mrs. Jamieson (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alex Etel ..... Harry Gregson (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Alex Jennings ..... Reverend Hutton (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jim Carter ..... Captain Brown (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Emma Fielding ..... Miss Galindo (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Adrian Scarborough ..... Mr. Johnson (7 episodes, 2007-2009)
Andrew Buchan ..... Jem Hearne (6 episodes, 2007-2009)
Claudie Blakley ..... Martha (6 episodes, 2007-2009)
Debra Gillett ..... Mrs. Johnson (6 episodes, 2007-2009)
Francesca Annis ..... Lady Ludlow (6 episodes, 2007-2009)
Emma Lowndes ..... Bella Gregson (6 episodes, 2007-2009)
Simon Woods ..... Dr. Harrison (5 episodes, 2007)
Rosy Byrne ..... Lizzie Hutton (5 episodes, 2007)
Kimberley Nixon ..... Sophy Hutton (5 episodes, 2007)
John Bowe ..... Dr. Morgan (5 episodes, 2007)
Selina Griffiths ..... Caroline Tomkinson (5 episodes, 2007)
Philip Glenister ..... Mr. Carter (5 episodes, 2007)
Lesley Manville ..... Mrs. Rose (5 episodes, 2007)
Hester Odgers ..... Helen Hutton (5 episodes, 2007)
Julia Sawalha ..... Jessie Brown (5 episodes, 2007)
Greg Wise ..... Sir Charles Maulver (5 episodes, 2007-2009)
Hannah Hobley ..... Bertha (4 episodes, 2007-2009)
Hannah Stokely ..... Bessie (4 episodes, 2007)
Bessie Carter ..... Margaret Gidman (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
Dean Lennox Kelly ..... Job Gregson (3 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Byrne ..... Malachi Gregson (3 episodes, 2007)
Joe McFadden ..... Jack Marshland / ... (3 episodes, 2007)
Finty Williams ..... Clara Smith / ... (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
Tom Hiddleston ..... William Buxton (2 episodes, 2009)
Eileen Atkins ..... Miss Deborah Jenkyns (2 episodes, 2007)
Lesley Sharp ..... Mrs. Bell (2 episodes, 2009)
Jodie Whittaker ..... Peggy Bell (2 episodes, 2009)
Matthew McNulty ..... Edward Bell (2 episodes, 2009)
Jonathan Pryce ..... Mr. Buxton (2 episodes, 2009)
Michelle Dockery ..... Erminia Whyte (2 episodes, 2009)
Haydon Downing ..... Walter Hutton (2 episodes, 2007)
Nicholas Le Prevost ..... Mr. Peter Jenkyns (2 episodes, 2009)
Alistair Petrie ..... Major Gordon (2 episodes, 2007)
Michael Gambon ..... Mr. Holbrook / ... (2 episodes, 2007)
Adam Henderson Scott ..... Assistant Auctioneer (2 episodes, 2007)
Roger Ennals ..... Mulliner (2 episodes, 2007)
Patricia Leach ..... Gypsy Woman (2 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Westfield ..... Farmer Graves (2 episodes, 2007)
Rory Kinnear ..... Septimus Hanbury / ... (2 episodes, 2009)
Imogen Byron ..... Kate (2 episodes, 2007)
Philippa Burt ..... Villager (2 episodes, 2007)

Synopsis:

Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce and Francesca Annis star in the award-winning drama based on the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief of Matty and the Amazons, the line has been halted five miles outside of Cranford because of Lady Ludlow's refusal to sell her land. Elsewhere Miss Matty's friend Mr Buxton returns to town with his son, William, and his niece, Erminia. Miss Matty decides to introduce them to Peggy Bell, a young woman who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother, Edward, in the hope of building friendships. But, when tragedy strikes, she comes to believe that she has opened Pandora's box and fears Cranford will never recover.

Season 2

Return to Cranford: Part 1

S2, Ep1 Dec. 20, 2009

It's August 1844 and Miss Matty knows only too well that faces will always come and go in Cranford, but for now she is happy that her dear brother, Peter is home from India and that Martha, Jem and baby Tilly make for a lively household. Lady Ludlow is awaiting the return of her son, Septimus, and young Harry Gregson is about to start his education at Shrewsbury, benefiting from the moral support of Miss Galindo.

Part Two: October 1844

S2, Ep2 Dec. 27, 2009

Everyone is overjoyed at the news that William Buxton and Peggy Bell are to be married - except it all comes as news to the elder Mr. Buxton who thinks his son is marrying beneath himself. With few choices left to him, William decides he will have to make his own fortune and begins working on the railroad with Mr. Brown. The ladies of the village are somewhat taken aback when Mrs. Jamieson announces that her sister-in-law, Lady Glenmire, will be visiting but then fails to invite anyone to meet her.

In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 November, 2012.