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Episode 2

Headmistress Sarah Burton decides Lydia must not be allowed to lose a scholarship. Stars Sarah Lancashire and Philip Glenister.

Headmistress of Kiplington High School, Sarah Burton decides Lydia mustn't be allowed to lose a scholarship.

Winifred Holtby's (1898-1935) most famous novel "South Riding" was published posthumously in 1936.

It's a rich and memorable evocation of the characters of Yorkshire's South Riding, their lives, loves and sorrows.

Starring Sarah Lancashire.

Omnibus of six to ten of fifteen episodes dramatised by Gill Adams.

Sarah Burton....Sarah Lancashire
Mrs Beddows.....Carole Boyd
Robert Carne....Philip Glenister

With:

Susan Cookson
Maggie Tagney
Donald McBride
Lucy Beaumont
Annmarie Hosell
Maya Foa

Director: Melanie Harris

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in May 1999.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 6 Jun 2022 02:20

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Nov 2007 08:00
  • Mon 19 Nov 2007 01:00
  • Sun 22 Mar 2009 08:00
  • Mon 23 Mar 2009 01:00
  • Sun 4 Nov 2012 06:00
  • Sun 4 Nov 2012 12:00
  • Sun 27 Jul 2014 06:00
  • Sun 27 Jul 2014 12:00
  • Sun 10 Sep 2017 06:00
  • Sun 10 Sep 2017 13:00
  • Mon 11 Sep 2017 01:00
  • Sun 5 Jun 2022 14:20
  • Mon 6 Jun 2022 02:20