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Cranford. Return to Cranford [videorecording (DVD)] / a BBC Drama/WGBH production in association with Chestermead Ltd. ; produced by Sue Birtwistle ; written by Heidi Thomas ; directed by Simon Curtis.
The specter of the railroad looming heavy in her conscience, Miss Matty (Judi Dench) rejoices upon learning that her maid Martha (Claudie Blakley) and carpenter Jem (Andrew Buchan) are expecting a child. Miss Matty's concern for young Peggy Bell (Jodie Whittaker) growing due to the fact that the young girl lives in virtual seclusion with her mother and overbearing brother, the kindly matriarch attempts to bring the two siblings together with William (Tom Hiddleston) and his cousin Erminia (Michelle Dockery) , who have recently returned to Cranford with Mr. Buxton (Jonathan Pryce). Meanwhile, Captain Brown (Jim Carter) receives word that work on the line has ceased, and scrambles to get the project back on track. Later, a sudden tragedy sends the entire town reeling.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419890048
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: [England] : BBC Video ; c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Based on the three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. Series created by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin. Special features: "Cranford in detail". Title from container. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music, Carl David. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie, Greg Wise, Lesley Manville, Alex Jennings, Dean Lennox Kelly. |
| Target Audience Note: | PG. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, region 1; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | TV Cranf | 31681002467363 | DVD | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Follows the adventures of the people in the English town of Cranford and their worries about the encroaching railroad. - Warner Home Video
The two-part saga Return to Cranford opens to a struggling Cranford, a t raditional English village that in autumn 1844 is airing the conflicts t hat accompany progress. Miss Matty Jenkyns (Judi Dench), after having cl osed her business in the last series, is happily babysitting the child o f her maid, Martha (Claudie Blakley). This gives the ladies in town some thing to gossip about, as does every other small event in this chatty gr oup. The same women populate this new Cranford--the snooty Miss Jamieson (Barbara Flynn), nosy Miss Pole (Imelda Staunton), Miss Forrester (Julia McKenzie), Peggy (Jodie Whittaker), and Erminia (Michelle Dockery)--wh ile a few new men added into the mix creates options for love interests throughout. In Part One, Peggy, visiting her dead father's grave, bumps into William Baxton (Tom Hiddleston), a young and dapper gentleman who b ecomes a central character in Cranford's growing divide between those wh o want a railroad coming through town and those who don't. While politic s are sorted, scenes alternate between heated public debates and intimat e domestic exchanges to make Return to Cranford as charming as the first incarnations of this historical drama. The emphasis on the ways the wom en in town navigate thorny social situations remains primary in Return t o Cranford. Babies are born and the elderly pass away while the ladies b usily decide what to make of it all. While Part One focuses on catch-up, showing where each crone stands on the latest current events, Part Two attempts more to challenge outmoded cultural values such as elitism and to show how the community members toughen up to become a courageous bunc h. Unfortunately, Miss Matty discovers that solidarity is hard to come b y in this small village, and Part Two is as much about a town falling ap art as it is about ways to heal sore feelings and a violated landscape. Ultimately, life marches on in this pleasurably fictionalized glimpse in to England's past.
