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South Riding (1938)"Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:-... See full summary » Director:Victor Saville |
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South Riding (1938)"Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:-... See full summary » Director:Victor Saville |
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Edna Best | ... | |
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Ralph Richardson | ... | |
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Ann Todd | ... |
Madge Carne
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Marie Lohr | ... | |
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Milton Rosmer | ... | |
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John Clements | ... | |
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Edward Lexy | ... | |
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Joan Ellum | ... | |
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Josephine Wilson | ... | |
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Gus McNaughton | ... |
Tadman
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Herbert Lomas | ... |
Castle
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Peggy Novak | ... | |
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Lewis Casson | ... |
Lord Sedgmire
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"Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress. Written by Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>
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