Episode #1.2 (27 Feb. 2011)

Lydia's mother dies,giving birth to a stillborn baby, and her father has to take her out of school to look after her brothers and sisters. Bessy's boyfriend Reg puts the screws on Huggins ... See full summary »

Director:

Diarmuid Lawrence

Writers:

Winifred Holtby (novel), Andrew Davies (screenplay)

Stars:

Anna Maxwell Martin, Charlie May-Clark, Brid Brennan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Maxwell Martin	...	Sarah Burton
Charlie May-Clark	...	Lydia Holly
Brid Brennan	...	Miss Sigglesthwaite
Katherine McGolpin	...	Midge Carne
David Morrissey	...	Robert Carne
Ian Bartholomew	...	Gaius Drew
Maggie Fox	...	Matron
Daniel West	...	Young Robert Carne
Lydia Wilson	...	Muriel Carne
Gareth Cassidy	...	Reggie
Garth Maunders	...	Alastair
Penelope Wilton	...	Mrs. Beddows
Shaun Dooley	...	Mr. Holly
Jennifer Hennessy	...	Mrs. Holly
Alexandra Pearson	...	Gertie Holly

Storyline

Lydia's mother dies,giving birth to a stillborn baby, and her father has to take her out of school to look after her brothers and sisters. Bessy's boyfriend Reg puts the screws on Huggins for more money,which he gets Snaith to loan him. He learns that the new estate is to be built on marshland and anyone who owns part of it will do well financially when the council come to buy it. Carne faces repossession of his farm as the bank threatens to foreclose on his mortgage. He travels to Manchester to seek a more suitable home for Muriel and bumps into Sarah,on her way to spend Christmas with her sister. They plan to spend the night together but he has one of his fits.

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Plot Keywords:

yorkshire | property speculation | adultery | world war one | secondary school | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Release Date:

27 February 2011 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Did You Know?

Goofs

Sarah travels to Manchester from Kiplington (which approximates to real-world Withernsea) on the way to spend Christmas at her sister's in Bradford. This would make no sense as a route, if Bradford in West Yorkshire is meant. The book, however, explains it: her sister lives in Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire. By truncating the place-name of her destination, the script has made her intended journey appear very strange.

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