South Riding
The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places, written by Andrew Davies, starring David Morrissey and Anna Maxwell Martin. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.
Genre: Drama
Watch South Riding Season 1
Episode 3
Episode 3
aired: Sun, Mar 6, 2011
Sarah throws herself into work to take her mind off the pain of unexpected, unrequited love while Carne reluctantly comes to terms with the idea that his beloved Muriel can never be restored to him.
Episode 2
Episode 2
aired: Sun, Feb 27, 2011
Sarah's ideals are turned inside out when an everyday tragedy hits close to home and she realises that it is not as easy as she thinks to change the world. At Maythorpe, Robert Carne is living with the consequences of a single act of madness almost fifteen years before.
Episode 1
Episode 1
aired: Sun, Feb 20, 2011
Fiery teacher Sarah Burton comes home to the South Riding full of ambition and hunger to change the world while landowner Robert Carne is persuaded to send his delicate daughter Midge to school.
